Today an Expert Panel for the Road Transport Industry made the first time-sensitive road transport contractual chain order. It is also the first order under the new regulated workers provisions.
The Road Transport Contractual Chain Order - Fuel Cost Recovery - 2026 will start on 21 April 2026.
The operation of the order will be reviewed after one month.
The Expert Panel, comprising Fair Work Commission President Justice Hatcher and Vice Presidents Asbury and Gibian, held hearings from 8 to 17 April 2026. Vice President Asbury held an engagement conference on 16 April 2026.
Consultations on the draft order closed at 12 noon on Friday 17 April 2026.
The Expert Panel's decision and reasons, and the order, are published on our major case webpage.
Read
- Decision [2026] FWCFB 95
- Road Transport Contractual Chain Order - Fuel Cost Recovery - 2026 (pdf)
- Fact sheet about the order (pdf)
- Major case webpage: TWU & ARTIO application for a road transport contractual chain order - fuel cost recovery (MS2026/1)
