Originally Posted by
ddrwk
Given that either party can apply for IB, the same is true if the determination fell significantly the way of the employees. I’d expect minimal changes with neither side being able to claim the outcome was a ‘win’ for exactly the reasons you have outlined.
I don’t necessarily disagree that that will be the outcome but I do disagree with the argument. The chances of an employee group sticking together to be in a position to apply for IB are far more remote than that being the case for an employer. It is the employer who proposes a deal and if they thought fair work would help them get something sub-market through, the queue for determinations would stretch around the block. Employees’ resolve usually starts to crumble when the back pay figure gets above a certain amount, school fees are due, the car blows a head gasket, etc, etc.