Australia is the latest country to give workers the ‘right to disconnect’ after hours

A new Australian law protects workers who don’t respond to work-related messages outside of their working hours, with some exceptions. Getty Images

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Millions of Australians just got official permission to ignore their bosses outside of working hours, thanks to a new law enshrining their “right to disconnect.”

The law doesn’t strictly prohibit employers from calling or messaging their workers after hours. But it does protect employees who “refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact outside their working hours, unless their refusal is unreasonable,” according to the Fair Work Commission, Australia’s workplace relations tribunal.

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