Workplace Relations. The ACTU and BCA are united in their desire to see the living standards of Australians grow. For this to be achieved businesses need to succeed, productivity needs to grow, and the benefits of that growth need to be shared with workers. Bargaining is an essential mechanism for fair and sustainable wages growth. Both the BCA and the ACTU believe the bargaining system under the Fair Work Act needs to be reformed so it is simpler, fairer, and more accessible. The current system is resource intensive, is difficult for people to use and too often fails to incentivise innovation to deliver win-win outcomes for employers and employees. The ACTU and BCA agree that the following principles should underpin bargaining reform and amendments to the Fair Work Act should: 1. Promote and encourage bargaining 2. Provide a framework for good faith bargaining between equal parties 3. Ensures bargaining is simple and fair 4. Ensures the bargaining process is straightforward; not litigious or dominated by technicalities 5. Maintain but simplify the BOOT 6. Allow agreements to replace Awards (but not the NES) so long as they continue to leave workers better off overall.
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