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Right to disconnect, Australia: employees no longer forced to respond to management after hours (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm fine with after hours messages, zero issue. Hell, I may legitimately be needed. By the manager has to uphold their end and not abuse it. And they damned sure can't expect a response and I'm quitting if they mandate a response without "on call" or similar compensation. Sometimes I'll respond, sometimes I won't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Ha, unfortunately the law only covers unreasonable calls. So if everything is broken and the dashboard are suddenly red it means you have to pick up.

And on call is a pittance, as long as the hours you work plus the hours on call don't get you less than hourly minimum wage good luck, because they can offer you like $1 to be 24x7 on call.

And that's WITH a union backing me. If you don't have a decent award this law won't mean much, and if you do it's the award doing what it's meant to.