Australian airline Qantas fined $59 million for illegal pandemic layoffs

More than 1,800 ground staff were fired at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The penalty is in addition to the AU$120 million ($78 million) in compensation that Australia’s biggest airline had already agreed to pay its former employees. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home