Originally Posted by
pppdrive
Now that Qantas has been proven to have illegally sacked all those workers, how about they are forced to pay every single worker their back pay from the day they were illegally sacked up until the day when each worker receives all of their due back pay. Then look at how much to fine Qantas. I'd suggest an amount to make sure they never pull another trick like that again.
Even if they do pay it all back and more, they're still ahead - and
that's the problem! So long as they can see year-on-year savings in the 10's or 100's of millions, there's absolute no disincentive for another company - or Quaint-asre even - to pull a similar stunt.
Hence my previous comment, any penalty should at least be comparable to the supposed "savings" incurred,
and be an ongoing, annual, thing, in order to ensure there's
absolutely zero financial incentive for it to happen illegally.
Originally Posted by The ABC
"Even if the compensation bill goes over $100 million, on the evidence before the court, Qantas have saved $180 million in the first year by the outsourcing, and continue to have year-on-year savings of $100 million per year," he said. "Taking in all of the costs, and some of the penalties the court might order, it's likely Qantas will still be well ahead. "It's not really a disincentive for them to continue to outsource, or for another employer to do the same thing."
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