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The fix is in * Australia - Feds told to mandate trucking rates
The Federal Government will face intense pressure to legislate trucking rates, while the industry itself stands condemned for ignoring what a major report has called the "overwhelming" link between pay and road safety
Sydney,Australia -supply chain review -November 09, 2008: -- The report into safety and pay rates in the trucking industry, authored by Professor Michael Quinlan and Lance Wright QC for the National Transport Commission (NTC), has strongly recommended the most radical shake-up in the commercial trucking market in decades, in a major rebuff to employer groups... The Remuneration and Safety in the Australian Heavy Vehicle Industry report, which widely consulted stakeholders including the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and employer groups, is clear in its findings: there is an indisputable link between safety and payment systems and only a regulated marketplace can correct the commercial imbalance between smaller operators and prime contractors... And the authors have attacked employers who "continue to deny there is a connection" between safety and pay rates while providing "little if any research or credible evidence to discount or provide alternative explanations to research indicating that such a connection exists"... They call for a new specialised body under federal transport legislation with "wide powers" to fix rates of remuneration for both employed drivers and owner-drivers... "This is the only viable and direct mechanism for addressing the imbalance in bargaining power confronting owner-drivers that affects safety in the road freight industry," the report states... Penalties will be applied to customers who fail to pay the minimum rate within a specified period of no more than two weeks, with escalating penalties for repeat offenders...
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