Qantas fined A$90m for illegal layoffs during pandemic

An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking some 1,700 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.Australia's Transport Workers' Union said it welcomed the ruling, which it said marked the largest employer penalty in the country's history.Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said in the judgement that he wanted the fine to act as a "real deterrence" to other…