Work & CareersWorkplaceIndustrial relationsPrint articleOpinionHow Denmark broke the mould on industrial relationsDenmark's 'flexicurity' creates 21st-century workplaces that combine free market efficiency with equity.Robert Breunig and Mark FabianJun 4, 2020 – 4.17pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThe unexpected announcement of negotiations for a new “accord” is a critical opportunity to update Australia’s industrial relations (IR) paradigm for the 21st century.Australia is saddled with an antagonistic system characterised by zero-sum logic. We need a system founded instead on the symbiotic relationship between labour and capital.Loading...Robert Breunig is director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Australian National University.Mark Fabian is a research associate at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreIndustrial relationsOpinionWorkplaceJobsTrade unionsCorporate ethicsDenmarkVocational training Executive EducationPowered byLatest In WorkplaceFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Work and careersThe Australian Financial Review MagazineThe 25 new watches you need to know nowLuke Benedictus and Bani McSpeddenWhat OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your jobThis Australian watch reseller is making its move on London and NYCBOSS Financial ReviewThe 5 tips that stuck with 2025’s BOSS Young ExecutivesHannah Tattersall, Rachael Bolton and Sally PattenHow a divorce at the age of 36 turbocharged this leader’s careerThe 3 traits that stand out among this year’s BOSS Young ExecutivesLife & LeisureThe most dangerous wine in the worldMax AllenWhy Maserati is bucking the EV trend with this supercarNothing is as good as the controls on these high-end headphonesRich ListStake.com founder invests millions to build Australia’s ChatGPTPaul SmithRich Lister Walker family donate millions to Sydney cancer centreChina provides reality check for Forrest’s green iron dream