One year ago, Australia enacted monumental legislation to try to change the way we work. Joining countries such as France, Argentina and the Philippines, the right-to-disconnect law said that every company with more than 15 employees had to establish clear guidelines for after-hours contacts.

For the first time, workers had the legal right to ignore all work communications outside their usual hours, when it was deemed to be unreasonable or not urgent. Last week, the law grew stronger by extending to businesses with fewer than 15 employees too.

A year ago, Australia enacted a new right-to-disconnect law. But has it had any effect?Credit:

The law was enacted in part to address the rise of the “infinite workday”, where an always-on office culture has led to overwork, disengagement and increasing levels of burnout across all levels of business.

It was a valiant attempt to protect Australian workers and........

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