Right to disconnect Australia: Everything you need to know about the new rules [Video]

New rules coming into effect on Monday promise to protect some Australian employees’ “right to disconnect” from work, but that doesn’t mean you can ignore all your boss’ calls.

But a legal expert warned new laws may be “toothless”, and many Aussie workers already have a clause in their contract that could override the new protections.

“It’s pretty astonishing to me that that hasn’t been part of the conversation,” Jessica Heron, Employment and Industrial Lawyer with Maurice Blackburn, told 9news.com.au

“The Business Council of Australia came out and said that this is going to diminish the value of labor, and it’s anti-business […] that’s kind of a scare tactic.”

What are the right to disconnect laws in Australia?

Under the new rules, employees have the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact …