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‘Better off’ test means most are not better off
The Australian Financial Review’s exclusive interview with Paul Keating and Bill Kelty effectively exposes how Labor and the unions have undermined productivity and wages growth over the past decade.
After the retrograde industrial relations stitch-up at the Jobs and Skills Summit, The Australian Financial Review’s exclusive interview with Paul Keating and Bill Kelty effectively exposes how Labor and the unions – not the Morrison government – have undermined productivity and wages growth over the past decade.
The twin Labor and union architects of enterprise bargaining say the wages system is broken because of the Fair Work Commission’s interpretation of Julia Gillard’s rigid “better off overall test”.
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