In today’s “always-on” culture the ability to carve out time away from work is shaping up as another front in the post-pandemic fight over how, and where, we do our jobs.
and offering staff the right to disconnect from work to satisfy growing demands for better work-life balance.
That deal came after the FSU won similar concessions from National Australia Bank, Bank of Queensland and several large super funds including Cbus. But some have pushed back against calls from unions and some politicians to legislate a right to disconnect at the federal level The average Australian worker performs 4.3 hours of unpaid overtime each week, according to a survey of 876 workers conducted last year by the left-wing Australia Institute, whilefound that about one-third of employees at the professional services giant were working 51 or more hours a week at least one week out of every four.
Dr Gabrielle Golding, a senior lecturer in law at the University of Adelaide, says Australia should legislate a right to disconnect to protect both employees and employers from the risks of overworking., Golding argued a federal right to disconnect had the potential to maintain employee flexibility if “implemented appropriately”.
“In those workplaces that are operating without a recognised right [to disconnect from work], there’s that availability creep, and then people [are] becoming burnt out, overworked and potentially quite sick,” Golding tellsGiven the mounting evidence that today’s always-on culture is taking a toll on workers’ mental and physical health, HR expert Aaron McEwan also believes “unequivocally” that workers should be given the right to ignore emails and calls after work hours and not be penalised for...
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