The federal government proposes that employers could be fined if they make their workers available after hours.
With all the advantages that modernity has brought, the custom of stay connected all day It has also caused several problems. One of them is to be pending work outside of hours that people dedicate to their activity. In that framework, Australia proposes a law that gives workers the right to ignore calls Outside working hours.
The country will introduce a law that gives workers the right to ignore calls and messages from their bosses outside of their working hours without penalty and with the possibility of fine employers. The rule comes within the framework of a series of reforms to labor relations laws proposed by the federal government under the name “right to disconnect.”
Australia is not the first country to apply this type of regulations. France, Spain and other countries of the European Union have applied similar rules.
What is Australia’s “right to disconnect” law?
Australia’s Labor Minister Tony Burkeb He explained this Wednesday that the law seeks to prevent employees from working overtime without pay. “We’re just saying that if you don’t get paid to work 24 hours a day, not be penalized for not being available 24 hours a day”, the prime minister said Anthony Albanese.
The standard also includes creating a new regulation to move from temporary jobs to permanent staff and minimum standards for temporary workers.
Australia moves closer to approving ‘right to disconnect’
A majority of senators were already in favor of this new law. It is expected to arrive in parliament this week.
Source: Ambito
