* ACT - Agreement on subcontrator rates reform proves elusive
-- Contractor and subcontractor submissions have flown in the face of a Transport Workers Union (TWU) assertion that subcontractors have nothing to fear from driver rates reform... Submissions from six firms arrived on the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal’s website on Friday displaying similar arguments and in some cases the same terms... Beattie Transport, McCarthy Transport, Ri-Industries, Hi-Trans Express and Clarend Transport all say they are subcontractor users and will reduce this option "dramatically"... They question the industry costs methodology, as modelled by KPMG, with several stating it was "far more variable and complex that the simplistic modelling used by the RSRT in developing its proposed rates"... In an earlier submission, Patrick Autocare’s New South Wales transport manager, Geoffrey Beattie, calculated that his team of regular subcontractors would need to be paid 29-37 per cent more per trip depending where in the state they would need to depart Ingleburn for... This he describes as being not "a commercially viable option" for his firm and for others, such as Advance Car Carriers, with a similar business model...
(Photo: Position implicitly rejects TWU case on owner-driver impact) -- Canberra, Australian Capitol Territory - Fully Loaded - 26 Oct 2015Labels: trucking industry news Australia
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