Greens Looking to Ensure People Can Disconnect From Work

Greens Looking to Ensure People Can Disconnect From Work
This photo, taken on June 21, 2012, shows a person using a mobile phone touch screen keypad to write a text message in Singapore. Roslin Rahman/AFP/GettyImages; effects added by Epoch Times
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Working outside of office hours is the scourge of many Australians, who struggle with demanding jobs and creating a work-life balance.

But it may soon become a thing of the past after the Greens introduced a private members bill to parliament that seeks to amend the Fair Work act to legislate the right for workers to not answer emails, phone calls or other messages after contracted work hours.

Victoria Kelly-Clark
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