What happens if Dutton rolls back Right to Disconnect laws?

While aspiring prime minister Peter Dutton may intend to wind back the newly legislated Right to Disconnect, such a...

30 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Maintaining ‘human talent’ in the face of change

While new laws can be difficult to navigate in the workplace, the Right to Disconnect should be seen as “a moment for...

17 January 2025

By Lauren Croft

Firms should ‘reconsider’ priorities amid Right to Disconnect

Following the implementation of new Right to Disconnect laws, employers need to go “back to basics” and practise...

10 January 2025

By Lauren Croft

Can the Right to Disconnect combat the ‘always-on’ culture in law?

Aussie lawyers have a complicated relationship with long hours. Many are weary of the effects of burnout but will push...

14 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Right to Disconnect: Feasible or fantasy for lawyers?

The “Right to Disconnect” law throws a curveball at law firms, forcing them to rethink how they operate. But it’s...

24 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Will the Right to Disconnect affect lawyers’ career progression?

With the recent implementation of the Right to Disconnect altering how workplaces regulate communication outside of...

16 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Law students on the Right to Disconnect laws

As discussions intensify around the new Right to Disconnect law, legal students and recent graduates have weighed in on...

10 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

The likely impact of the Right to Disconnect for lawyers

The newly implemented Right to Disconnect laws in Australia have raised questions about applicability in legal...

06 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Right to Disconnect will ‘tighten the noose around the necks of SME owners’

While the new Right to Disconnect isn’t set to come into effect for small law firms for another year, detractors...

05 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

FWC finalises ‘intentionally minimalist’ Right to Disconnect award term

The Fair Work Commission has determined that the new award term for the recently legislated Right to Disconnect should...

26 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

What is legal’s role in ensuring adherence to the Right to Disconnect?

With the recently legislated Right to Disconnect set to begin next week, law departments need to be across the looming...

20 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Teething issues’ for Right to Disconnect highlight need for employer caution

As the Right to Disconnect inches closer and closer to coming into effect, employers have mixed emotions about...

01 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

If you need laws to combat burnout, ‘you’ve lost the battle’

While legislation has its place, having honest conversations and setting clear expectations are more effective in...

07 June 2024

By Malavika Santhebennur

Coalition would turn back right to disconnect, voters disagree

The government’s “right to disconnect” legislation has been met with mixed feelings. According to the polls, most...

21 March 2024

By Lauren Croft

‘Significant’ Fair Work reforms will result in busy period for employment law

As multiple Fair Work Act amendments come into play, the workplace and employment law space is likely to evolve...

11 March 2024

By Lauren Croft

Right to Disconnect Bill could create ‘significant management issue for law firms’

A Right to Disconnect Bill recently passed the Senate – introducing a right for workers to disconnect once they are...

13 February 2024

By Lauren Croft

How Australia could move forward on ‘right to disconnect’ laws

There are lessons to be learnt from other jurisdictions already making headway on the right to disconnect laws,...

01 November 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lessons for Australia in implementing ‘right to disconnect’ laws

One silk discusses how countries around the world have implemented the right to disconnect legislation and shared...

17 May 2023

By Jess Feyder

‘Right to disconnect’ conversations aren’t going away, says barrister

“Profound systemic change” is coming for the ways that lawyers work, argues one silk, given how distinctions...

04 May 2023

By Jess Feyder