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Engineering giant UGL will file proceedings against two unions seeking to block them from funding an underpayments class action on behalf of casual workers, with a judge noting the Full Court may need to weigh in on whether unions can fund class actions.
Engineering company UGL Limited is facing an employment class action on behalf of casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers who were allegedly underpaid for over three years.
Qantas has been hit with a test case to determine whether axing 2,000 ground staff and replacing them with "insecure" labour hire workers is unlawful.
A 59-year-old Qantas engineer who used his company-issued iPad to view pornographic material while at work has lost his unfair dismissal appeal.
Aircraft engineers for Qantas are challenging a ruling that the airline had no "genuine choice" when it stood them down in March during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qantas has praised a Federal Court judgment ruling that the airline had no "genuine choice" other than standing down its workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the judgment was a "victory for common sense".
Mondelez has won its High Court challenge to a ruling on the method to be used for calculating workers' personal days.
The workplace umpire has jurisdiction to hear a case against Qantas and its budget subsidiary Jetstar brought by the union for licenced aircraft maintenance engineers stood down during the coronavirus pandemic, a judge has ruled in a blow to the airline.
A Qantas engineer who used his company-issued iPad to access pornographic material while at work has lost his unfair dismissal case.
A judge has granted Qantas an injunction temporarily blocking the Fair Work Commission from hearing a case brought by the union for the airline's stood-down aircraft maintenance engineers, saying the issues raised in the case had potentially wide ramifications for all Australian businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.