‘Massive upheaval’: Right to Disconnect leading to less flexible businesses

The Right to Disconnect legislation is a “massive upheaval” as businesses are likely to become less flexible for their employees, Sky News host Chris Kenny says. “This is a massive upheaval, and one of the things that a lot of business leaders are starting to point out is that if you want this right to disconnect from work ... then workplaces are going to be a lot less flexible,” Mr Kenny said. Under the law, workers will obtain the legal right to ignore phone calls and emails made by their employers outside of working hours. The company is able to be penalised if contact is deemed unreasonable and initiated on unpaid time. Business groups have criticised the reform, arguing it would impede the growth of organisations in what was an already uncertain economic period and further bind them in red tape.