Road Transport and Distribution Award
Covers road transport and distribution - transport by road of goods, wares, merchandise, materials or livestock; receiving, handling or storing goods at a distribution facility; cartage of petroleum products; and distribution / relocation of vehicles. 14 classifications - Transport Worker Grades 1-10 plus Distribution Facility Employee Levels 1-4. Standard rate is Transport Worker Grade 3.
Fully built. Rates, allowances, penalties and any required apprentice / junior rates are all wired to the rate resolver and have been verified against the consolidated award text and the latest pay guide.
What's built
- All 10 Transport Worker grades at the July 2025 figures.
- Distribution Facility Employee Levels 1-4 (note placeholder figures for Levels 2-4 - see limitations).
- Hours-of-work setup with the 7 / 14 / 21 / 28-day averaging cycles, the 5.30am-6.30pm spread of hours, the 8h daily cap and the special early-start carve-out for newspaper / meat / poultry / fruit-veg drivers (12.01am-6am with 30% additional loading).
- RDO accumulation up to 10 days with 48 hours' notice required to change a scheduled RDO.
- Casual loading 25% with 4-hour minimum engagement; PT minimum 4 hours per shift.
Known limitations
- Distribution Facility Employee Levels 2-4 are placeholders ($1,060.00 / $1,088.50 / $1,116.80) - re-audit on next pass to confirm against Schedule A and the current FWC pay guide.
- Saturday / Sunday ordinary-hours arrangements are by majority agreement (cl. 13.4) - confirm how this is set up for your enterprise before relying on the seeded penalty rates.
Setup & special instructions
- MA000038 is general / local Road Transport and Distribution. MA000039 is the Long-Distance Operations award - confirm coverage matches the work performed before assigning either.
- Newspaper, meat, poultry and fruit / veg drivers can start between 12.01am-6am under cl. 13.6(c)/(d), but each ordinary hour in that window attracts a 30% additional loading.
- • Road transport
- • Distribution
- • Cartage
- • Petroleum delivery
The consolidated award text is the authoritative source. Always confirm specific obligations against the award itself - Mployr's implementation status reflects what we've seeded; it does not replace legal advice.
Want to see this award running on your data?
We can demo a pay run on the road transport & distribution award using sample employees in a sandbox tenant - including any of the special-instruction steps above so you can see exactly what your team's day-to-day looks like.
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