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Kyle Sandilands issues dire warning to Aussie employees celebrating new 'right to disconnect' laws

Kyle Sandilands has issued a warning to Australian workers as the government's new 'right to disconnect' laws come into effect on Monday.

Kyle argued that while it would be illegal, under the new legislation, for bosses to punish workers for not responding after hours, some unscrupulous managers could find ways around the laws. Kyle argued that while it would be illegal for bosses to punish workers for not responding after hours, some unscrupulous managers could find ways around the laws If the call or email is not required to be answered by law, reasonableness will be judged by the worker's job responsibility level, how disruptive the contact was and whether they were compensated.

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