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The big political cost of some small IR reforms

The government has carefully scaled its IR plans as a response to the pandemic crisis. But that may not stop them from getting politically complicated.

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Industrial relations problem solved? Not quite.

The key reform proposed by the government is to loosen the restrictions on enterprise bargaining imposed by the better off overall test, or BOOT.

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Alan Mitchell writes on economics, policy, and infrastructure. Alan was formerly economics editor of the Financial Review and has also worked for the ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald.

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