The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024 introduces a high-level right to disconnect for all national system employees into Part 2-9 of the Fair Work Act 2009. Employees will now have a right to not respond to contact from their employer outside of their working hours, unless doing so is unreasonable.

The right to disconnect will inform how employers and employees interact outside of working hours. The right does not prohibit employers from contacting their employees, nor does it prevent employees from contacting one another, including across time zones. Rather, the employee will be able to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact outside of working hours, when they are not expected to be working or paid to be working, so long as doing so is not unreasonable.