In this article featured in the Weekend Australian, AREEA highlights the rapid decline in enterprise agreements was because of the complexity of the bargaining laws and the FWC’s “overtly technical and highly inefficient” approach.

AREEA Chief Executive Steve Knott said significant improvement and greater consistency were required by the commission to restore employer confidence in the system.

• The article responds to a previous story in The Australian, titled ‘Stop arguing: IR tsar’s call to bosses, unions’ where the FWC president spoke out against proposed changes to workplace laws, saying they could increase profits and reduce wages but may not lift productivity.