Enterprise bargaining agreements have become"Downtown Abbey-sized laundry lists" and need to be"unscrambled" to lift productivity and wages growth, the Business Council of Australia says.They want the test replaced with the"no disadvantage test", which was recommended by the Productivity CommissionThe council said new research showed enterprise bargaining agreements have"served Australians well", but contain too many items that risk stalling negotiations.
The organisation's report found that wage growth for those on active EAs was"relatively strong" and slightly higher than the economy-wide average, but that the number of people employed on active EAs dropped sharply between 2014 and 2017. "[Too many items] bogs down negotiations, and agreements are taking too long to conclude," chief executive Jennifer Westacott said.Ms Westacott wants the Morrison Government to remove the Fair Work Act's"better off overall test" which requires all employees covered by the agreement to be better off overall than under the relevant award.
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Of course they do ... yawn ...
Isn't it funny how BCA members always screw up by not giving their employees enough pay? Never too much....