#RETURNQANTASJOBS

Federal Court of Australia has ever heard – highlighting what a significant win this was. Clearly, Qantas is afraid of this decision. Twice they attempted to delay the hearings. Twice they failed.

says GLEN workers taking part. This will assist the Judge to reach a decision, hopefully by the end of the year, on whether Qantas should be ordered to offer workers their jobs back.

In July, 2000 Qantas and QGS workers achieved a giant step towards justice with the Federal Court ruling the outsourcing decision broke the law.

Now, the court must determine the appropriate remedies: reinstatement and compensation for workers, and penalties on Qantas.

The first step is for Justice Lee to decide whether reinstatement orders should be made. With around 2000 jobs in question, this is the largest reinstatement case the

First, Qantas attempted to overcomplicate the situation claiming it was too difficult to make a decision on so many jobs when workers’ circumstances would all be different. The Judge opted for our simple solution, which was to survey workers on their preferences.

Next, Qantas tried to delay reinstatement hearings until after their appeal was heard. Justice Lee agreed with the TWU that workers’ lives shouldn’t be put on hold for so long, even suggesting he would work through Christmas if necessary to reach a decision by the end of the year.

The court survey has now been completed, with an overwhelming majority of Qantas