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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has today handed down a landmark order, delivering hope for drivers and transport operators pushed to the brink by soaring fuel costs to save their businesses, ahead of a looming fuel debt cliff. The order will take effect tomorrow 21 April. The order, following an application by the TWU and […]
www.twu.com.auAgainst this backdrop, on 14 April 2026, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) took the unusual step of issuing a draft Road Transport Contractual Chain Order (MS2026/1) seeking an enforced mandatory fuel cost recovery mechanism/s in the road transport industry. The proposed order requires primary parties to adjust pay rates fortnightly to ensure fuel cost recovery for contractors and workers, with consultation open until April 17, 2026. This move signals a materially stronger regulatory intervention...
worrells.net.auThe Fair Work Commission has mandated adjustments to transport rates to help operators recover rising fuel costs, effective April 2026.
apga.org.auThe Fair Work Commission is Australia's workplace tribunal. We create awards, approve enterprise agreements and help resolve issues at work.
www.fwc.gov.auCompanies like Coles, Woolworths and Amazon have been ordered to hold twice-monthly reviews of fuel prices with their outsourced truck drivers and transport companies, in a Fair Work Commission (FWC) order being described as "historic".
aacs.org.auFWC and Government action related to the road transport industry and organisations that rely on it in response to fuel price increases
www.australianindustrygroup.com.auIn The Australian, AREEA Chief Executive Steve Knott Steve Knott warns that the Fair Work Commission’s landmark order passing owner driver fuel costs through to companies at the top of the supply chain is ‘extraordinarily broad” and will impact entire contractual chains in the road transport industry.
www.areea.com.auThe Fair Work Commission orders that retailers, miners and other companies that use truck drivers and transport operators must hold twice-monthly reviews of fuel prices and adjust their rates…
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