Owner-driver law in Australia / Luis Izzo, Nigel Ward, Julian Arndt.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2023.

1st edition

200718

Transportation, Automotive -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Contracts -- Australia.

1. Who are owner-drivers?

2. Negotiating an owner-driver contract

3. Terms of the contract

4. Minimum remuneration obligations

5. Application of industrial instruments (New South Wales only)

6. Chain of responsibility obligations

7. Resolving disputes during the relationship

8. Dealing with industrial action and collective boycotts

9. Freedom of association and prohibition on victimisation

10. Termination of the contract

11. 'Goodwill'.

Owner-Driver Law in Australia provides overdue and desperately needed guidance through the statutes, regulations, and common law rules applying to this critical and high-profile sector of the transport and logistics industry. Owner-drivers and owner-operators are a unique form of contractor engaged by most major transport enterprises, as well as hundreds of minor companies. Many thousands of owner-drivers are engaged across Australia. However, useful commentary and guidance on the laws applicable to their engagement has been conspicuously unavailable. In several states, there is specific legislation that applies to these engagements whilst, at a federal level, a range of other laws apply. The legal regime is poorly understood - yet, conversely, the exposure to improperly engaging owner-drivers can be very large, with wide-ranging avenues for legal claims. Owner-Driver Law in Australia changes this, providing the premier source of commentary on the myriad of laws that apply in Australia. The work examines the legislation and outlines all relevant legal principles applicable to engaging an owner-driver, including: contract law concepts; specific statutory requirements; application of competition law; application of discrimination and victimisation laws to owner-drivers; applicability of minimum wage instruments and guides in each regulated jurisdiction; and handling the exchange of ‘goodwill’ in owner driver relationships. This essential, pioneering work provides detailed commentary on the areas of legal exposure that can arise. It gives lawyers, HR professionals, employers and other business owners specific and detailed guidance on how the laws relating to owner-driver arrangements operate, and how to ensure compliance with them. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780455502922

xviii, 233 pages ; 22 cm