Research Tuesdays Lecture Series: Our new right to disconnect

What happens when employees are allowed to truly switch off? Learn how Australia’s new right to disconnect will affect you.

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The global shift to remote working during the pandemic arguably led to ‘availability creep’ and unspoken expectations that workers must be accessible to their workplace at all hours. But Australian law is set to redefine these boundaries.

Learn from ³ÉÈË´óƬ researcher, Dr Gabrielle Golding, about how the new right to disconnect could affect you.

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Recorded at the Research Tuesdays public lecture series event in July 2024.

The presenter

Dr Gabrielle Golding is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ. She frequently comments on employment matters in media, having been interviewed by the BBC, ABC, SBS, Guardian, and Australian Financial Review, and written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, and The Monthly. Her latest research is presented in her 2023 monograph, Shaping Contracts for Work (Oxford University Press).

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