RICH COUNTRY BRINGING "RIGHT TO DISCONNECT" LAW IN TO FORCE, GIVING EMPLOYEES A RIGHT TO SWITCH OFF THEIR MOBILE DEVICES, WHICH INCLUDES FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY &BELGIUM, NEWZEALAND AND SPAIN.

After, France, Germany, Italy &Belgium The Australian employees will have right to ignore their bosses outside working hours, as per new Law, which enshrines the right to disconnect and the said law passed in the month of February this year protects employees who refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact from their employees outside work hours. Australia follows in the footsteps of European nations, such as France, which in the year of 2017 introduced the right of workers to disconnect from employers while off duty, a move later emulated by Germany, Italy and Belgium. The European Parliament has also called for a law across the EU that would alleviate the pressure on workers to answer communications off the clock. As the law moved through the parliament earlier this year it drew criticism from employer groups who called the legislation rushed and flawed. The law allows for certain circumstances where an employees right to refuse is unreasonable depending on their role, the reason for the contact, and how it is made, among other factors. Australians already enjoy a host of standardised benefits, including twenty days of paid annual leave, mandatory paid sick leave, Long service leave of six weeks for those who have remained at an employer, for atleast seven years, 18 weeks of paid meternity leave and a nation wide minimum wage and the country ranks fourth in the world for work life balance, behind Newzealand, Spain and France, according to the Global index issued by the world employment platform.