Australia’s peak business group has released an action plan for reform of workplace relations to underpin economic growth, employment opportunities and rising prosperity.

The plan focuses on greater flexibility and choice for employees and employers in making workplace agreements; simplifying workplace relations regulation; and removing barriers to job creation.

The Business Council of Australia said a decade had passed since the last significant changes to workplace relations, making a new round of changes critically important to support increased productivity and drive long-term growth and prosperity.

The news release can be read here and action plan can be download here.