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Airservices wins reduced penalty in union suit over ‘grey days’ policy
Employment 2022-10-19 9:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Airservices Australia has succeeded in overturning a “manifestly unreasonable” $72,450 fine, but otherwise failed in its appeal of a decision which found it breached an enterprise agreement by withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts for air traffic controllers.

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Virgin class action to appeal ‘nonsensical’ indemnity ruling
Class Actions 2022-09-28 11:40 pm By Sam Matthews

The applicant in an investor class action against Virgin Australia plans to appeal a judge’s decision requiring litigation funder Balance Legal Capital UK to give the airline an indemnity in order to bring the proceedings, saying the indemnity “substantially changes the risk calculus” for group members.

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Class action funder must indemnify Virgin despite ‘nonsensical’ agreement
Class Actions 2022-09-02 10:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ruled that a litigation funder for an investor class action against Virgin must give the airline an indemnity to bring proceedings despite finding a deed of company arrangement requiring the pay-out “didn’t make sense”.

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Perth Airport accuses Airservices Australia of PFAS contamination
Professional Negligence 2022-09-01 9:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The operator of Perth Airport has sued government-owned Airservices Australia for allegedly contaminating the airport’s groundwater, which flows into the Swan River, through the use of toxic firefighting foam.

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ACCC flags competition concerns over Qantas acquisition of Alliance Aviation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-08-18 1:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC has raised concerns that Qantas’ proposed acquisition of Brisbane-based regional airline Alliance Aviation Services could harm competition in the market for flights for fly-in, fly-out workers.

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Virgin says funder’s $5M security in investor class action ‘unsatisfactory’
Class Actions 2022-08-08 2:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Virgin Airlines has argued a litigation funder’s indemnity for its legal costs is not enough for it to bring a class action on behalf of bond holders over a 2019 prospectus, claiming the airline expects to spend more than $5 million defending the proceedings.

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Sleeping Virgin flight attendant’s dismissal harsh and unfair, FWC says
Employment 2022-07-15 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

A long-serving Virgin Australia flight attendant who was found sleeping on the job was unfairly sacked given the length of her employment with the airline, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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FWC upholds ‘tragic’ sacking of Qantas engineer who refused COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 2022-06-24 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas’ termination of a long-serving engineer who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because he “feared for his life” was a “tragedy” but not unlawful, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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Qantas trainer accused of staring at worker’s breasts unfairly sacked, FWC says
Employment 2022-06-22 7:07 pm By Sam Matthews

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has thrown out Qantas’ bid to overturn the reinstatement of a trainer accused of staring at a flight attendant’s breasts and gazing into her eyes in a “distinguishably lewd” manner during a safety demonstration.

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Virgin Australia won’t take financial hit from shareholder class action
Securities 2022-05-13 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

A shareholder class action against Virgin Australia over representations made in a prospectus for a $324 million capital raising won’t put a dent in the airline’s financials, the company said Friday.

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