Right to Disconnect Policy

The right to disconnect legislation came into effect for all National System Employees (except for small businesses) on 26 August 2024. The provision will apply to small businesses from 26 August 2025.

The new right to disconnect essentially provides employees with the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact from:

•  their employer outside of the employee’s ‘working hours’ unless the refusal is unreasonable and / or
•  from a third party if the contact or attempted contact is related to their work and is outside of the employee’s ‘working hours’ unless the refusal is ‘unreasonable’

Implementing this workplace policy will allow you to establish transparent workplace expectations regarding out-of-hours contact and ensure both employees and managers are educated on their responsibilities under the new legislation.

ACFA have available to download

• Communication Letter to Managers on the new right to disconnect
• Communication Letter to Employees on the new right to disconnect 

Please refer to Member Resources, Correspondence Examples/Correspondence Templates