Right to disconnect Australia

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Right to disconnect: Australia says no to after-work calls | HRM Asia (HRM Asia)

According to Tony Burke, Australia's Employment Minister, a majority of senators have thrown their support behind the “right to disconnect” clause, which is ...

Australia Aims to Give Employees the Right to Disconnect (Littler Mendelson PC)

Australia's Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2024, passed a bill that would prevent an employer from contacting employees outside of work hours.

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Australia set to introduce right to disconnect (Human Resources Director)

The Australian government is set to make the right to disconnect a reality for Australians as the Senate passed the second Closing Loopholes bill despite ...

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Workers win the right to disconnect (Australian Unions)

So what will be changing? In effect, the new laws will empower employees to ignore unreasonable communication from their employer outside of work hours if they ...

Australia: Call me, maybe? Looping you in on the 'right to disconnect' (Lexology)

Parliament resumed this week and was busy debating the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023 (Closing Loopholes 2). A…

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Tuning Out: What Australia's 'right to disconnect' law means for ... (Firstpost)

Australia will soon introduce a law allowing employees to ignore unreasonable work calls and messages from their bosses after office hours.

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Right to disconnect bill passes Senate but needs urgent fix to ... (The Guardian)

Labor will be forced to introduce special legislation after Coalition prevented last-minute amendments to fix the issue.

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Should we adopt Australia's 'right to disconnect' bill against work ... (Miami Herald)

A new Australian plan to give workers a “right to disconnect” from after-hours emails or phone calls from their supervisors is making headlines around the ...

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Should we adopt Australia's 'right to disconnect' bill against work ... (Yahoo News)

Australia plans to allow workers to ignore office e-mails or calls after hours. It's part of a new global trend.

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