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Employment basics – maximum weekly hours of work and unreasonable additional hours
Recent attention on the right to disconnect means it is a good time to revisit the underlying requirements of hours of work. The Fair Work Act National Employment Standards (NES) are the foundation of employment law legal obligations. This is because these standards...
The right to disconnect – what’s it all about?
Legislation was recently passed by the federal parliament officially giving employees a “right to disconnect” outside their working hours. Subject to certain narrow exceptions (eg defence and national security), the new right applies to all private sector and federal...