As American businesses are pulling back on working from home, the Australian government is trying to force companies to guarantee it.
On Wednesday, Jacinta Allan, the premier of the Australian state of Victoria, proposed a bill that would give all employees, regardless of the size of the business, the right to work from home. The legislation—which will be introduced in July as a provision of the Equal Opportunity Act and go into effect in September—does not include exemptions for small businesses.
