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Rachael Ward

Australian right-to-disconnect laws come into effect

Right-to-disconnect laws for Australian workers will come into effect on Monday. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Workers who receive calls or emails from their boss during annual leave, late at night or while cooking dinner for their young family will have the right to ignore them until they clock back on.

Australians can refuse to monitor, read or respond to work communication outside of paid hours unless doing so is unreasonable, when the country's right-to-disconnect laws come into effect from Monday.

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