On 17 December 2020, the Full Federal Court decided in favour of Qantas in the JobKeeper case. The Full Federal Court has accepted Qantas’ interpretation of the Fair Work Act, which they say only applies to the amounts you are paid in any JobKeeper fortnight. This means that Qantas can steal your penalty rates by counting them towards the JobKeeper payment for the fortnight the penalty rates are paid.
Qantas workers regularly sacrifice precious time with their families and miss important events like Christmas, so that Australians can travel to see their loved ones. But Qantas has been forcing people to spend time away from their families and refusing to pay them fairly.
It’s outrageous that Qantas is refusing to pay workers any more than the basic JobKeeper, particularly after the year we’ve just had. Qantas should be passing on the FULL JobKeeper payment to all of their workers.
We will keep you updated about our next steps.
Pass this bulletin to your friends and colleagues at Qantas. If they aren’t in the union, ask them to join at www.usu.org.au/join.
Got a question?
Contact your USU/ASU organiser for more information:
Branch |
Contact |
Mobile |
NSW US |
Thomas Russell |
0419 761 320 |
NSW/ACT Services |
Amanda Perkins |
(02) 9310 4000 |
VIC/TAS A&S |
Aaron De La Torre |
0427 813 821 |
VIC PS |
Victor Jose |
0425 753 756 |
VIC PS |
Imogen Sturni |
0433 339 656 |
QLD SNA |
Glenn Desmond |
0427 975 806 |
QLD Together |
Billy Colless |
0419 736 886 |
SA/NT |
Lesley Till |
0497 555 875 |
WA |
Yvonne Klaa |
0417 969 767 |