right to disconnect australia
Right to disconnect Australia provisions give eligible employees the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact, outside their working hours, unless that refusal is unreasonable.
Two parts of that sentence do most of the work. It covers attempted contact, so a missed call counts. And it reaches contact from third parties as well as the employer, which can include clients, suppliers and members of the public.
Contact is not limited to email either. Calls, texts, social media and messaging services are all within scope of the provisions.
The right is a workplace right under the general protections provisions, which means that adverse action taken against an employee for exercising it raises a separate and more serious issue again.
The Fair Work Ombudsman publishes the detail. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
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