Employers say new law has improved engagements and productivity

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A new report has found business leaders have responded positively to a controversial workplace law that limits contact with workers outside official hours, which was introduced last year.

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00:00The right to disconnect law came into effect eight months ago for businesses that employ

00:0815 or more people.

00:10It gives workers the right not to respond to employers' after-hours communication unless

00:17that's deemed unreasonable.

00:20New research from the Australian HR Institute surveying more than 600 employers has found

00:28that 58% of employers say the new law has improved employer engagement and productivity.

00:36It also found 37% of workers had a reduction in stress.

00:40Now there hasn't been a single application under this law to the Fair Work Commission,

00:46despite warnings from employer groups that the law had potential to cause chaos and disruption

00:52in Australian workplaces.

00:54The Australian industry group says what's happened is that employers and employees

00:59are essentially working it out for themselves instead of heading to court at this point.

01:05The survey also found the law had improved work-life balance among staff and just 3% had recorded

01:12a negative change.

01:13The right to disconnect law will also apply to small businesses from August.

01:18And they'll get interested a few, so they've received a big change.

01:20So that's not that important for all of your employees is the most important part.

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01:30the depth of our folk, which is information that we have the number two employees

01:32that we have their number to offer for themselves.

01:34You gotta be interested in research, which is it, the easiest way we have to spend our

01:41size and our teachers in our teachers and our teachers.

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