Compensation looms after Toll's 'deception' is brought undone
Toll faces potentially massive payout to a group of owner-drivers after losing long-running legal stoush stemming from purchase of Brambles
|
Sham contractor slapped with $13k fine
The owner of a NSW trucking business has been fined for sham contracting and underpaying an employee
|
Subbies score victory on empty running and waiting time
NSW court orders that sub-contractors be paid for running empty between deliveries and for loading and unloading goods
|
Truckie charged over double fatal
NSW Police charges truck driver over a double-fatal crash on the Hume Highway in February
|
Operator hauled to court over alleged underpayments
Workplace watchdog prosecutes Victorian trucking company, alleging it underpaid a driver almost $50,000
|
Post Logistics fails to toe the line on workplace safety
Post Logistics fined $80,000 for workplace safety breach after one of its workers fractured her small toe
|
Fire-damaged trailer TNT's own fault
TNT tried to hold its sub-contractor, Western Freight Management, responsible for a trailer that caught fire. A court ruled differently
|
US owner-drivers defeat push for electronic truck trackers
US truck drivers and owner-operator association band together to defeat government attempt to impose electronic truck trackers
|
RTA wins battle on height and width requirements
RTA allowed to prosecute parties for vehicle height and width breaches, after court overturns ruling labelling the practice double jeopardy
|
Former truck owner to front court over alleged sham contracting
Former owner of a failed trucking business will face court accused of sham contracting and underpaying worker more than $13,000
|
Court comes down on Milthorpe Transport over fatigue breaches
Milthorpe Transport cops $74,500 fine under chain of responsibility law after pleading guilty to 50 fatigue management offences
|
Drunk and lost truckie caught out in VicRoads blitz
Truckie caught with a blood-alcohol reading more than twice the legal limit for the vehicle he was driving
|
Toyota Material Handling in court over workplace agreements
Fair Work Ombudsman hauls Toyota Material Handling to court over allegations it put pressure on employees to sign workplace agreements
|
Western Freight Management strikes blow against WorkCover
Commission overturns conviction against Western Freight Management for the death of its truck driver at a Star Track Express depot
|
Westgate Ports and PoMC in legal stoush
The definition of a ship type is at the centre of a legal stoush between Westgate Ports and PoMC
|
Steelbro held liable for injury to Toll truck driver
Toll pursues trailer manufacturer Steelbro after truck driver loses four fingers using a sidelifter
|
'Ludicrous' claim against Toll thrown out
Motorist who cut off a B-double tries to seek $6,000 in damages after the truck collided with his vehicle
|
Unlicensed truckie to face court on drug charges
A 20-year-old unlicensed truck driver will face court charged with drug possession
|
RTA 'ambush' exposes Intercoast overloading offences
Intercoast Refrigerated Transport fined and convicted under chain of responsibility after RTA "ambush" exposes overloading offences
|
Tailgating truckie busted
Truck driver who threatened to ram a motorist ends up with a jail sentence
|
|