A judge has ordered the new CEO be directly involved in compensation talks after Qantas lost its High Court appeal over the outsourcing of ground crew jobs.
Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson and the head of the Transport Workers’ Union, Michael Kaine, have been ordered by a judge to clinch a deal face-to-face over compensation for the airline’s sacked 1700 workers.
“There’s [1700] people whose lives have been affected, together with their families, and I wish to ensure that this matter is resolved as soon as I can,” Lee told the parties.from long-running former chief executive Alan Joyce a fortnight ago, to participate in mediation sessions along with Kaine, the national secretary of the TWU, after the court-ordered negotiations begin next Monday.
Last week Kaine called on Hudson to apologise to former employees who had lost their jobs, and called on the board, including its chair Richard Goyder, to resign.The airline has endured intense reputational damage – fuelled by the High Court decision – involving customer complaints over services, a consumer watchdog investigation into
“The TWU is concerned about the contemplation of a process to resolve the compensatory claims affecting those 1700 employees, which may not be transparent to those employees,” he said, but he didn’t oppose Lee’s preference for mediation.
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