Intractable bargaining changes a one-way street to inflexibility
The proposed lopsided regime preventing any change to existing conditions, means unions could simply wait out the minimum bargaining period to elapse, knowing the Fair Work Commission will be arbitrating with one hand tied behind their backs.
As Senator David Pocock said in the February 1 Senate Committee report on the government’s Closing Loopholes IR Bill, “effective bargaining delivers the best results for all parties”.
The senator’s comments were made in relation to the government’s deal with the Australian Greens to gut the intractable bargaining provisions that were only introduced in June last year and to implement an entirely lopsided pro-union regime.
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Innes Willox is chief executive of the Australian Industry Group.
