As with all aspects of the employment relationship, effective and direct communication between employer and employees is a vital part of enterprise agreement bargaining. This article explores the importance of communication and how it may need to be adapted in different circumstances.

Successful bargaining is dependent on effective communication which begins with the parties’ logs of claims. This article explores why the log of claims is an important foundation of bargaining, and how you can approach creating a log of claims to best facilitate agreement.

This article examines the importance of a business’s bargaining team, including why bargaining representative choice is impactful and who should be included. It provides suggestions to help achieve success when building a bargaining team.

Exploring an alternative to traditional positional bargaining, this article discusses interest-based bargaining and how it can facilitate agreement. It also gives guidance on how confidentiality concerns which arise in interest-based bargaining may be addressed.