Unions and business signed up to a new accord-style compact with the Morrison government to negotiate an overhaul of the industrial relations system, including a revival of Keating-era enterprise bargaining that encouraged workers and employers to maximise workplace productivity and wages.
If successful, the process could see legislation before the Parliament by Christmas.
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