The right to disconnect has been in the media a lot. But if we look behind the headlines, what impact is it actually going to have?
The new laws give employees a limited right to ignore work-related contact outside of working hours. This right is limited by what is reasonable. It does not:
- outlaw reasonable out-of-hours contact; or
- give employees rights to unreasonably ignore work-related communications.
Given the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) has always prohibited unreasonable additional work outside … Read the rest