Right to disconnect slashes unpaid overtime as workers win back hours
Australia’s right to disconnect laws are reducing unpaid overtime and boosting productivity for full-time employees, new research shows.
Labour laws protecting workers’ free time appear to be paying dividends, with research showing employees are working less unpaid overtime.
The average full-time worker would have worked an extra $4,500 per year in unpaid overtime if rates remained the same as they were before Labor’s right to disconnect laws were introduced, according to a report from the Australian Institute’s Centre for Future Work on Wednesday.
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