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Australia to allow workers to ignore after-hours calls from bosses (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This means nothing without enforcement. I already know how this'll play out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand what you mean? If someone is fired for not taking a call in their off time they would file a complaint/sue (I don't know how the Australian legal system works).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

In the meantime, the worker still has bills to pay and food to buy, and even a successful complaint or suit would still likely end with the worker either not being employed there going forward, or a very confrontational workplace.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I doubt not taking the call is what the paperwork would reflect.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Yeah, here in the US almost every state has "at will" employment, so any protections could really be circumvented by just firing a worker for whatever other reason (or no reason at all) they want. Hopefully labor has it better in the land down under.