* ACT - The RSRT is now taking submissions on its draft order for contract driver payments
-- Draft order for contract driver payments is complex and confusing, the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation has warned... The ARTIO says the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal’s (RSRT’s) draft order is complex and difficult to apply to different circumstances... In partnership with the Queensland Transport Association (QTA), it is urging members to provide their own feedback on the potential business impacts before it makes a formal submission back to the RSRT... In a special circular to QTA members, the ARTIO says there are a number of uncertainties within the order... In particular, it says it remains unclear how the order will apply to a subcontractor who may have freight from several different consignees in the one load... The organisation also laments that the order refers only to hourly and per-kilometre rates, and not trip or pallet rates that many contractors are more familiar with... There is also no standard conversion available for these rates, it says... A clause entitled 'Supply Chain Contracts' needs to be clearer, potentially with guiding notes or examples... There is also the potential for drivers to "oversupply" larger or more powerful equipment than may be required for the job at hand, thereby unfairly increasing the rate to be paid... The ARTIO has urged its members to carefully study the draft order, and advise it of any potential impacts – including where the order may increase costs, increase regulatory burden, or create contractual or operational difficulties...
(Photo: The Australian trucking industry's owner/operator to small fleet, medium sized or large sized fleets) -- Canberra, ACT, Australia - ATN - 9 Sept 2015Labels: truck drivers payment, trucking industry news Australia
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