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Owner Drivers

Talk to us before you sign a new contract

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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 [ … ]

Read more: Talk to us before you sign a new contract

 

Rate Rises at Toll Yards

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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 [ … ]

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Small Fleet Owners Caught Underpaying

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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 [ … ]

Read more: Small Fleet Owners Caught Underpaying

   

K&S Cough Up 4-Weeks Pay

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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 [ … ]

Read more: K&S Cough Up 4-Weeks Pay

   

Chasing Money for Subbies

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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 [ … ]

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TWU chases up late owner-driver payments

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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 - [ … ]

Read more: TWU chases up late owner-driver payments

   

Stalled Owner-Driver Laws Given Govt Kick-Start

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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 [ … ]

Read more: Stalled Owner-Driver Laws Given Govt Kick-Start

   

Firm coughs up $24,500 owed to owner-driver

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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 [ … ]

Read more: Firm coughs up $24,500 owed to owner-driver

   

Latest Owner Driver Guideline Rates

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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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