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RemunerationRemuneration isis wageswagesoror salary, typicallysalary, typically

money that is paid formoney that is paid forservices rendered asservices rendered as

anan employee.employee.


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commercial vehicles drivers:

1.Self-employed workers(independentowner-operators)

*ownand maintaintheir vehicles,formallycontract withoneormorecarriers

2.Employees (companydriver)*hired underopen-ended employment

contractsto drive vehiclesprovided


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Inmanycases,heavydriverincommercialfreight

industryarepaid underapiecework/incentiveortrip-based paymentsystem(calculated aseitheratotal

priceorpertonne)foraparticulartaskorintermsofarateperkilometretravelled.

Inshort,thepaymentofdriversintersects witharangeofothercommercialpracticeintheindustry.


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Poor wagesand conditionsintheroad freighttransportindustrycaninfluence adriver to work lengthyhours and stillnotbeguaranteed areasonablewage. Inaddition,provisions

suchaspaymentbykilometreorbythehour,nopaymentfor waitingtime,nopaymentforloadingand/or

unloading,and extendedperiodsoftimeactuallydrivingfacilitatetheincidenceofunsafe driving.


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Remunerationcanthencontributetotheon-roadbehaviourofthe drivers. Inshort,manydrivers

worked excessiveand dangerouslonghoursthatmadeit verydifficultfor driverstomanage workand familycommitments


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Thereisarelationshipbetweenpaymenttypeandtheexperienceoffatigueormajorpersonal

problemespeciallytothelong distancetruckdrivers. Thisisfurtherevidencethatthe way

driversareremunerated clearlyhasanadverseeffectontheabilitytomanagefatigue well.

(Williamson,2000),


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Tirednessbecause workingtoolongisoneofthefactorsofthecontributorstotherateofroad accidents...paymentfor driversofheavy

vehicles,especiallybus drivers willberevisedinordertopreventthemsufferingexhaustionfrom workingtoolongorovertime. (Kosmo, 8Disember 2008).

TheproposeactionofMinistryofHumanResourcestosetthesalariesthroughthe WagesCouncilare difficulttoestablished becausethetransportindustryshould movefreelyinthe

openmarket(Kosmo, 9 Disember 2008).


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1. Toprofilejobfunctionsofcommercial vehicle

drivers.2. Toprofile drivers demographic,economic,

education,and lifestylecharacteristic.

3. Toidentifythe variables whichneed tobe

considered to developtheremunerationmodelforcommercial vehicle driversin Malaysia.


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studysresearchframeworkaround the varioustransportmodesandcovering viewsfromthelogisticscompanies (particularlyviewsofthe

employers/the HRpersonnel),theiremployees,as wellas viewsfromthe universitiesand trainingproviders.

Theassessmentofvarioustransportmodesthroughout Malaysiaandthecollectionofdata willbecarried outbased onregional

segmentation.

Theassessmentofthe qualityand quantityofthehumanresourcesinthelogisticsindustrywillassistinthe developmentofstrategic HRstrategies,policesand guidelines.


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Themaincontributionofthisresearchare:

Thestudywillidentifyremunerationmodelforcommercial vehicledriversthatcaninfluencegood behaviorofdriver whichisimportantfortheindustry,societyand country.

Remunerationmodel willbecomeabasisforemployertosettheirremunerationschemefortheir drivers.

Ontheotherhand,thisstudycancontributetohealthyleavingforcommercial vehicle drivercommunity.


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