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Uber has settled a legal challenge that struck at the heart of its business model and could have resulted in its drivers and riders being classified as employees, after three Federal Court judges savaged the company s arguments at trial.
The delivery giant settled shortly after the hearing, avoiding the potential cost of having to pay its workers a minimum wage, comply with unfair dismissal rules and roster employees that could have come with a ruling its delivery workers are not independent contractors.
Amita Gupta won a settlement from Uber after she launched a landmark legal challenge.
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Qantas taken to High Court over COVID-19 sick leave
Tony Yoo | December 23, 2020 11:29am |
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Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) will face off against employees in the High Court of Australia on Wednesday.
Four unions are appealing against a Full Federal Court decision last month that the airline did not have to provide sick, compassionate or carer’s leave for staff that had been stood down.
Qantas stood down about 20,000 employees at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when it became apparent its planes would be grounded.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) claims Qantas’ denial forced some seriously ill workers to take a redundancy for financial reasons.
Unions to take Qantas to High Court over COVID-19 pandemic sick leave for workers
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The Qantas sick leave case could have far reaching consequences on whether other employers have to pay workers such entitlements.
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Unions representing Qantas workers will go to the High Court seeking to overturn a ruling that employees are not entitled to sick leave or compassionate leave while they were stood down during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Qantas is being taken to the High Court by four unions on whether it must pay stood down airline workers sick leave