WRITING AGREEMENTS IN PLAIN LANGUAGE

Far too many collective agreements continue to be cluttered with archa ic, cumbersome language better suited to the distant past. Perhaps tha t's the way it has always been done-but the author argues it is time f or a change to plain language. The article charts the language pitfall s that await the unwary drafter of a collective agreement-or any agree ment or document, actually-and shows how to sidestep them through the adoption of some simple rules.