I watched the interesting news about Workers' rights this morning.
A "right to disconnect" rule has come into effect in Australia, offering relief to people who feel forced to take calls or read messages from employers after they finish their day’s work.
The new law allows employees to ignore communications after hours if they choose to, without fear of being punished by their bosses.
Under the rules, employers and employees should try to resolve disputes among themselves.
If that is unsuccessful in finding a resolution, Australia's Fair Work Commission (FWC) can step in.
Organisations representing workers have welcomed the move.
However, there was a mixed reaction to the new law from employees.
An advertising industry worker told,
it's important ,but t it's really hard to do. Because we connected to our emails all day.
A worker in the financial industry said,
“ We're well paid, we're expected to deliver, and we feel we have to deliver 24 hours a day."
I guess,
I am really surprised that such laws has not exist in Australia until recently.
It’s said more than 20 countries have similar rules.
Japan's Labor Standards Act gives employees the right to refuse to respond to emails or phone calls after hours.
The following countries have such law：
Australia, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and South Africa.
I wonder why Australia enacted such laws later than these South American countries.
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https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cz9w45kwd5yo.amp
