Unions gearing up to oppose market tests on Fair Pay Agreements

Unions gearing up to oppose market tests on Fair Pay Agreements
Pattrick Smellie
Likely sticking points in the government's slowly emerging plan to implement a new system of wage bargaining through national Fair Pay Agreements are becoming clearer following the release of a public discussion document on the proposals.Key issues on which political wrangling can be expected include proposals that a 'market test' be carried out after an agreement has been negotiated and before it is put in place, to ensure it does not contain undue economic risks, along with arguments over the boundaries of proposed FPAs' industry or sector co...

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