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Australia's parliament(议会) has 1 a new "right to disconnect" bill that the government has proposed(提议).
The law would prevent employers 2 asking their workers to keep their phones and computers turned on outside of work hours. Employers who ask employees to do so could be fined. 3 purpose is to protect workers' rights and improve the work-life balance in the country. Similar laws are already 4 in France, Spain and other European nations.
Australia's employment minister, Tony Burke, said most lawmakers have expressed support for the bill. Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, discussed the law on Wednesday. "What we are simply saying is that someone 5 isn't being paid 24 hours a day shouldn't be punished if they're not online and available 24 hours a day," he said.
The bill also 6 rules that will give temporary(临时的) workers guidelines about how to move into permanent(长久的) work.
Adam Bandt is the 7 of the left-wing Greens. He said his party supports the law. So do leaders of the Labour Party and other smaller parliamentary groups.
Some politicians, however, had different opinions. They warned that the new labour law would hurt Australia's ability to be competitive with other nations. And making the new labour law might make it 8 for someone who wants to work flexible(灵活的) hours.
Bandt said Australians work an average of six unpaid weeks each year. He said that totals about 60 billion of unpaid wages. "That time is yours," he said, "not your boss's."
9, the new rule came into force in August 2024, 10 Australian employees now have the right to ignore work emails and calls after work hours.