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Jack Gramenz

Call for right to work from home, as one MP warns on AI

Unions are pushing for working from home to be an embedded workplace practice. (David Mariuz/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's workplace ombudsman will be asked to support the right to work from home, to stop it from being used by employers to bargain away other rights, amid warnings AI could replace jobs that can be done remotely.

The Australian Services Union says it will lodge a submission with the Fair Work Commission to support working from home, where it's possible to do so.

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