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Maeve Bannister

Bid to protect personal life with after-hours comms ban

Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt wants to stop after-hours work calls, emails and communications. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Employees should have the right to ignore work-related emails, calls and texts once they clock off, as part of a Greens push for new fair work protections.

Greens leader Adam Bandt on Monday introduced a proposal to parliament which would amend existing laws to give employees the "right to disconnect".

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