Australia's largest airline has been ordered to pay an eyewatering penalty for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Un juez multó el lunes a Qantas Airways con 90 millones de dólares australianos (59 millones de dólares) por despedir ilegalmente a más de

Qantas has been ordered to pay $90m in penalties – including $50m to the Transport Workers Union – after it unlawfully sacked more than 1800 ground staff, with the union saying the airline had been “smashed”.

Qantas’ illegal sacking of more than 1800 workers has cost money, reputations and investor angst. But even after its record penalty, does the size of the stick match the carrot?

Qantas has been ordered to pay the largest industrial relations penalty in Australian corporate history over the illegal sacking of 1,820 workers during the coronavirus pandemic, after a judge criticised the airline’s lack of genuine contrition over the affair.

Sydney has been plunged into traffic chaos after a five-vehicle crash on the Anzac Bridge, with cars backed all the way up to Leichhardt. The crash happened in the eastbound lanes about 6.30am on Monday.

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has imposed the largest fine on a company under the Fair Work Act for illegally sacking more than 1800 workers.