Qantas Settlement Scheme Administration

The TWU and Qantas have reached an agreement on the establishment of a $120 million fund to compensate the 1,820 ground handling employees whose jobs were unlawfully outsourced back in 2020. 

All participating affected employees will receive an initial base payment for non-economic loss (hurt, humiliation and distress) through the Settlement Fund.

You may be entitled to more than the initial payment based on your individual circumstances and you will be asked for more information as part of the process to assist in determining your entitlements.

Everyone’s payment will be different and will be assessed based on their own circumstances.

At this stage, it is not possible to tell you how much total compensation you will be eligible to receive from the settlement. This will depend upon an assessment of your individual circumstances by the Administrator.

In order to assess your eligibility for additional compensation above the initial payment, you will need to provide information regarding your economic loss and the impact of the outsourcing decision on you.

We have now commenced the process of assessing eligible participating employees’ economic loss.  Participating affected employees have been contacted directly and asked to provide information to assist in the assessment of their economic loss.

If you are a participating affected employee and have not received an email inviting you to provide information regarding your economic loss, or are having difficulty providing this information, please get in contact with our team on:

• Phone: 1800 716 855
• Email: qantascase@mauriceblackburn.com.au

The next phase of the settlement administration will focus on whether participating affected employees are entitled to any additional compensation for hurt, humiliation, distress and harm to health (this is called non-economic loss). In this phase, we will request further instructions from participating affected employees about the non-economic impacts of the outsourcing decision on then. We will contact participating affected employees by email when it is time to provide this information and will give participating affected employees time to get their records and documents together.

Compensation payments received under the Qanas Settlement Administration Scheme may trigger obligations in respect of Medicare, Centrelink or private health insurance payments.

We are not able to provide participants with legal advice, and it is recommended that participants seek independent advice in this regard.

If you have not received an email inviting you to register for the settlement scheme and you believe you are eligible for the scheme, please get in contact with our team on:

• Phone: 1800 716 855
• Email: qantascase@mauriceblackburn.com.au