Couriers, Owner Drivers receive overdue increases reports MICK KNOWLES
There is a message for Perth's couriers in the TWU's recent achievement of rate increases for owner driver couriers at Toll Fast.
The lesson [ … ]
Owner Drivers
Some firms are now asking owner drivers to sign complex contracts that may include traps
When owner-drivers at Courier Please in Belmont were recently asked to sign detailed 20 page contracts many of them were unsure what to do. Courier Please had bought out [ … ]
The TWU fights hard for owner-drivers to ensure they are paid sustainable rates that enable their businesses to flourish. However a disturbing trend has developed in transport whereby owner-drivers buy addition [ … ]
Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slowly and that was certainly true for Blair Lees who claimed he was unfairly sacked by K&S Freighters.
Blair was given the boot in July last year after the trucking com [ … ]
The TWU continues to educate transport firms who fail to meet strict legal requirements on the prompt payment of owner-driver invoices.
TWU members Greg Hitchcock and Alec Auburn came to us in des [ … ]
Some prime contractors still haven't got the message that they must pay their owner drivers WITHIN 14 DAYS of being invoiced.
The 14 day limit applies under the Owner-Driver (Contracts & Disputes) Act - [ … ]
Government officials have told the TWU they hope to have WA's ownerdrivers laws fully in place by the end of this year. We certainly hope so - they are long overdue.
The laws will include the long-awaited "Gui [ … ]
It took several TWU applications to the Owner Drivers Tribunal to get Maddington firm Mines Express to pay a desperate owner-driver money owed.
Jim Ghilotti told TWU officials that the firm's failure to pay hi [ … ]
These guideline rates are provided to assist Prime Contractors to negotiate with Sub Contractors in relation to safe sustainable rates. As part of this process it is recognised that fuel is an extremely volatil [ … ]
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