Former chief executive says there would have been strong commercial reasons in ‘the context of the pandemic’ for choosing to outsource the roles
Compensation hearings continued on Wednesday to resolve the years-long legal battle between the Transport Workers Union and Qantas over its decision to outsource jobs in late 2020.Compensation hearings continued on Wednesday to resolve the years-long legal battle between the Transport Workers Union and Qantas over its decision to outsource jobs in late 2020.
Qantas unsuccessfully appealed against the decision to the full bench of the court, and later the high court. The matter has now returned to the federal court where Justice Michael Lee will determine compensation entitlements for the 1,683 outsourced ground handlers and penalties the airline must pay.
Hughes said if he had been in the decision-making position in 2021 and the ground-handling jobs had remained in-house, there would still have been strong commercial reasons in “the context of the pandemic” for choosing to outsource the roles. “Australia had amongst the most restrictive controls the world, and that’s not a comment on whether they were right or wrong, but it’s a fact that they were there and internationally Victoria had the highest lockdown of anywhere in the world, I believe, so these are all factors that weighed upon, and ultimately are a direct response ,” Hughes said.
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