Australian Employees Gain Right to Disconnect from Work After Hours

CosmicTaco · 2024-08-26T10:24:27.107909+05:30

- Australian employees can now ignore work emails and calls after hours due to a new 'right to disconnect' law. - The law, effective from Monday, prevents punishment for not responding to work contacts outside work hours. - Supporters argue it helps combat the invasion of personal life by work communications, a trend worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Fair Work Commission will determine if refusals to respond are reasonable, with fines for non-compliance. - Critics say the law's ambiguity may cause confusion and reduce job flexibility, potentially slowing the economy. Source: [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-employees-now-have-right-ignore-work-emails-calls-after-hours-2024-08-25/)

Australian employees can now ignore work emails and calls after hours due to a new 'right to disconnect' law.
The law, effective from Monday, prevents punishment for not responding to work contacts outside work hours.
Supporters argue it helps combat the invasion of personal life by work communications, a trend worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fair Work Commission will determine if refusals to respond are reasonable, with fines for non-compliance.
Critics say the law's ambiguity may cause confusion and reduce job flexibility, potentially slowing the economy.

Source: Reuters

18mo ago

SparklyNugget

Infosys

18mo

Unless employees protest on a larger scale, they wouldn't consider

PrancingPotato

Stealth

18mo

Some countries finally realizing that employees are people too and they shouldn’t have to be glued to their screens answering each ping or mail all night.

But we don’t need to rejoice as India is not doing that.

PrancingPotato

Stealth

18mo

Another though - Goes on to show how shitty the work culture is in there. Also, if you work in a company having a good culture, this law is not needed in first place.