Ignore your boss! In Australia, employees now have 'right to disconnect' from emails, calls after work hours
Monday, 26 August 2024 Australia has introduced a 'right to disconnect' law to protect employees from after-hours work communications. The law addresses the intrusion of work into personal life due to digital technology, reinforcing boundaries between work and personal time.
Australia gave millions of workers the legal right to "disconnect" on Monday, allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours calls, emails and texts from their bosses. But the reform got a cool welcome from top industry, the Australian Industry Group, who said the new laws are "deeply confusing".
Monday, 26 August 2024
