More than 4000 Qantas ground staff have taken an 18-month pay freeze in return for big bonuses and a "ground-breaking" set of superannuation and leave provisions expected to benefit the female-dominated workforce. An overwhelming majority – 93% – of the airline's employees in head office, call centre, airport, catering, freight and engineering jobs voted in favour of a new enterprise agreement. The 18-month wage freeze in the 4-year union agreement will apply from July 2016 to Jan 2018. Employees will receive pay rises totalling 7.5% between 2018 and mid-2020. In exchange for union members' approval of the deal, Qantas will pay a one-off bonus equivalent to 5% of each employee's annual salary and a "record result" bonus of A$3000. <br/>