Nowadays, the line between professional and personal time has become increasingly blurred. Australia’s introduction of the Right to Disconnect law aimed to address this issue. However, new research ...
Why a right to disconnect is needed Last year, the Senate Select Committee on Work and Care drew attention to “availability creep” where employees are increasingly expected to complete work ...
In some cases, the return date would be a month later. Last month, Australia enforced a “right to disconnect” law that allows employees to refuse to answer work-related contact from their ...
I took work calls when I was in labor. Why every country needs Australia’s new right to disconnect law The law empowers Australian workers to decline calls or ignore emails from their bosses ...
Those countries that have adopted right-to-disconnect laws have mostly done so since COVID, Falcey said. The pandemic caused a blurring of boundaries between work and personal life, and that ...
SHRM and the Garden State Council-SHRM are advocating against a New Jersey bill that would give employees the right to disconnect from work during nonworking hours, according to a recent post by ...
The new right to disconnect laws are not having the desired impact as most employers ignore them, while employees are afraid to invoke their rights, a new report has found. A study by job site ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. By August 2025, all Australian workers will have a limited right to disconnect from their workplace. This means that employees can ...