Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke acknowledge the benefits of working from home, with plans to potentially enshrine it as a legal right in Australia. The Fair Work Commission is exploring the idea to strike a better work-life balance without harming productivity. New pay deals with extensive work-from-home rights are expected to be approved for 85,000 federal public sector workers.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Coles and Woolworths "clearly have excessive market power", but he won't forcibly break up the supermarket duopoly. https://t.co/qQjSJGiHU3
New pay deals containing generous working from home rights for federal public sector workers are set to be voted up in some of the biggest government departments next week, extending the new flexibility clauses to 85,000 government employees. @australian https://t.co/w7vDK1u0TY
Millions of Australians could soon have the right to work from home written permanently into their employment deals. The Fair Work Commission is examining whether formalising the home office would strike a better work life balance without damaging productivity. @Riley7News #7NEWS https://t.co/C1k1E7HdZL
Working from home became a way of life for millions of Aussies during the pandemic – but could be enshrined as a legal right under a major review. https://t.co/Vh4UwsMG8O
Anthony Albanese and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said there were many examples of working from home being good for employees and employers. https://t.co/pZCx8HhAOa
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has conceded work from home rules cannot be "one size fits all," but maintained additional flexibility was helping boost productivity and women's participation in the workforce. https://t.co/mQ11g2Ldjv