Australia is set to pass legislation granting workers the right to disconnect from after-hours calls and messages without penalty. The proposed law aims to reduce work burnout, following similar measures in European countries like France and Italy. The Labor government's Right to Disconnect law faces criticism for potentially impacting business flexibility and creating challenges in implementation.
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NEW: The new ‘right to disconnect’ laws have come under fire from some political and business leaders. I asked some of its loudest critics to make their case by contacting them after hours with an urgent media request. Guess how many replied? 😉 https://t.co/RflXbvVMLw
Australia’s new ‘right to disconnect’ law includes jail time — for now https://t.co/4ELYxIoPrZ
Rank-and-file police have demanded Peter Dutton dump his promise to repeal new right to disconnect laws, warning his “ill-conceived thought bubble” would have a significant negative impact on first responders. @australian https://t.co/l7SBgfBeZi https://t.co/8nqtLwlJYI
The Right to Disconnect legislation is a “massive upheaval” as businesses are likely to become less flexible for their employees, Sky News host Chris Kenny says. https://t.co/y19dRNTsRx
The Labor government’s Right to Disconnect law is “lowest common denominator” policy development which assumes all bosses are “unboundaried” rats, GT Communications’ Gemma Tognini says. https://t.co/muTRTe62sk
Australia passes Right To Disconnect law, including (for now) jail time for bosses who email after-hours https://t.co/F0ylCe8uH2
Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite says the Albanese government’s Industrial Relations reforms will ensure people have a “reasonable right to disconnect” when they’re not at work. https://t.co/5XfiUPEyi1
Australia plans to establish a workers' "right to disconnect" from emails and phone calls after hours to help reduce #burnout. France, Germany, Belgium and Italy have passed similar rules. Is it a good idea? Read this: https://t.co/bXriZnXFe8 @Miamiherald #happiness @jenfish23
Bosses are warning they will be forced to end flexible working arrangements that allow employees to leave early to pick up children or attend appointments during work hours, when the controversial new right to disconnect laws come into effect. https://t.co/hHO3WpAEHr
New Australian Law Will Give Workers 'Right to Disconnect' https://t.co/7Shc0Ko6ol
The federal opposition is promising to rip up new laws allowing workers to ignore after-hours calls and text messages from their bosses. The prime minister has already hit back as his treasurer gave the clearest indication yet that negative gearing will not be scrapped. #7NEWS https://t.co/8Wx2NrVJTt
Australia’s Senate passed a bill giving workers the legal right to ignore messages from their employers outside of working hours. Italy, Portugal, Kenya, & France have passed or are in the process of passing these “right to disconnect” laws. Would this ever catch on in America? https://t.co/UxHdKip1iu
Should we adopt Australia’s ‘right to #disconnect’ bill, which allows employees to ignore emails and phone calls from their bosses after hours? Read: https://t.co/FSLvK5GObb @Miamiherald #happiness #burnout @jenfish23 @wohasu @karenguggenheim
Should we adopt Australia’s ‘right to disconnect’ bill, which allows employees to ignore emails and phone calls from their bosses after hours? Read: https://t.co/FSLvK5GObb @Miamiherald #happiness #burnout @jenfish23 @wohasu @karenguggenheim
Australia Aims to Give Employees the Right to Disconnect https://t.co/wOmkzAyDfz
Australia will soon follow some European nations in giving workers the right to disconnect after office hours, leaving businesses facing potential punitive consequences for calling or emailing their employees once they’ve clocked out https://t.co/fsrNHu9EOc
A new Australian plan to give workers a “right to disconnect” from after-hours emails or phone calls from their bosses is making big headlines. It's not a bad idea, if it allows for reasonable exceptions. Read: https://t.co/FSLvK5GObb @Miamiherald #happiness #burnout @jenfish23
A new Australian plan to give workers a “right to disconnect” from after-hours emails or phone calls from their bosses is making big headlines. It's not a bad idea, if it allows for reasonable exceptions. Read: https://t.co/FSLvK5GObb @Miamiherald #happiness #burnout
Fitzpatrick and Co Advisory Special Counsel Bruce Hawker says the Labor government’s Right to Disconnect legislation is “not the worst measure in the world”, but it could be a “tricky one to implement”. https://t.co/SAWHhIMXkQ
Australia looks set to pass new legislation that will allow workers to ignore calls and messages from their bosses after hours without penalty. https://t.co/BFXPNfRohd
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