Millions of Australian workers now officially have the right to disconnect from their work after hours, as the government's swathe of industrial relations reforms come into effect. Business groups have criticised the change, whilst workplace relations experts say it may be challenging to enforce.
Millions of Australian workers now officially have the right to disconnect from their work after hours, as the government's swathe of industrial relations reforms come into effect. Business groups have criticised the change, whilst workplace relations experts say it may be challenging to enforce.You no longer have to pick up - as workers in Australia now have an official right to disconnect, as Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt explains.
Workplace law expert from the University of Technology Sydney, Associate Professor Giuseppe Carabetta says the right will allow workers to refuse contact. "In particular, the nature of the contact, so why the contact occurred. Secondly, the means by which it occurred, so did it occur via a mobile phone, for example, on a Sunday call, or did it occur via email? So instantaneous versus not so instantaneous, that kind of thing. Thirdly, quite obviously, the nature of the call, the contact. So is it in relation to an emergency situation? Fourthly, the nature of your job.
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