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Jennifer Westacott

IR changes are not going to lift pay

Without urgent amendment, voting in multi-employer deals won’t be fair, democratic, or workable.

The Business Council wants Australian workers to have more money in their pockets.

To grow real wages over the long term without increasing unemployment, the nation’s workplace relations system needs to drive productivity well above its current 60-year low. This is not about working harder for less; it’s about working smarter.

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Jennifer Westacott is chief executive of the Business Council of Australia.

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