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Australia is on track to pass a bill that includes giving employees the “right to disconnect” by declining calls from their employers outside of work hours.
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The Fair Work Legislation Amendment Act of 2023, also called the “closing loopholes” bill, amends Australia’s Fair Work Act of 2009, and impacts workplace relations laws—and would even include temporary employees in its scope.
Under the proposed bill, employers who contact employees after hours could potentially face fines, and “employees are not required to monitor, read or respond to work communications from their employer outside of work hours.”
“What we are simply saying is that someone who isn’t being paid 24 hours a day shouldn’t be penalized if they’re not online and available 24 hours a day,” Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said last week. Read more about the change in Quartz’s full story.
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