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Australia's "far too complicated" industrial relations system requires numerous changes to afford both employers and employees more flexibility, an employer group says.

Modernising the safety net of minimum conditions will be crucial to improve fairness and "reflect the needs of contemporary workplaces", AiG says in one of four policy papers released this week.

It says the next Federal Government should largely remove from modern awards any matters that are addressed in the National Employment Standards, and replace them with references to NES provisions, as has occurred with casual employment definitions and provisions...