No Boss! New law came in Australia, employees will be able to ignore the office under the Right to Disconnect rule
After the introduction of the Right to Disconnect, employees say that this law gives them the confidence to raise their voice against the constant interference in their private life through work-related email messages and calls. Since the Corona epidemic, the trend of working even after office hours has increased, which has spoiled the balance between home and work.
The Weekly Mail Post 
Does your boss send you messages to work even on holidays? Or do you keep getting office emails long after you go home? You must have faced such messages, calls or emails from the boss and office at some point or the other, but Australian employees can now ignore unwanted calls from the boss on holidays as per the new law.
Actually, the Australian government has made a new law 'Right to Disconnect', which has been made to stop work-related emails and calls in the private life of the employee.
Right to Disconnect law implemented in Australia from Monday
The Right to Disconnect law came into force in Australia from Monday. This rule simply means in Australia that in most cases employees will not be punished for refusing to read or answer their office emails and messages after working hours.
The new rule gives confidence to raise voice
After the introduction of this new rule, employees say that this law gives employees the confidence to raise voice against the constant interference in their private life through work-related emails, messages and calls. Since the Corona epidemic, there has been an increase in the tendency to work even after the office is over, which has spoiled the harmony between home and work.
Problem arose after the arrival of digital technology
Associate Professor John Hopkins of Swinburne University of Technology said, "Before the advent of digital technology, there was no such thing, people used to go home at the end of the office shift and there was no contact with them until they returned the next day."
Emails come from the office even during holidays
Professor Hopkins said, "Now it has become common to send emails, SMS, phone calls outside office hours all over the world. Even during holidays, emails come from the office."
Australians worked an average of 281 hours of unpaid overtime
According to a survey conducted last year by the Australia Institute, in 2023, Australians worked an average of 281 hours of unpaid overtime, while the price of this wage has been estimated at 130 billion Australian dollars (88 billion US dollars).
European countries already have laws
With the introduction of this transformative rule, Australia has also joined the group of countries in which the Right to Disconnect rule is applicable. This list includes about two dozen countries along with countries from Europe and Latin America.
