Many employees across Australia now have the legal right to to stop responding to emails and calls after hours, after a change to the Fair Work Act, the Fair Work Ombudsman has said.

Ombudsman Anna Booth said the amended Fair Work Act now states that workers at non-small businesses — those with 15 or more workers — have the right to decline monitoring, reviewing, or replying to communications, or attempts at communication, outside of their regular working hours, except in cases where such refusal would be considered unreasonable.

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