5 million small business employees now have a right to disconnect from work unless it’s ‘unreasonable’. What does that mean?
- Written by Huong Le, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, CQUniversity Australia
Mart Production/Pexels, CC BYFrom August 26, 5.4 million Australians working for small businesses will have the “right to disconnect”. This means they can refuse contact about work – such as emails, texts or calls – outside work hours, unless that refusal could be considered “unreasonable”.
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