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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has revealed its draft ‘right to disconnect’ clause for modern awards, suggesting the term will reflect changes to the Fair Work Act without additions proposed by the union movement.
Small businesses will need to comply with the right to disconnect from August 26, 2025, but larger workplaces, and the FWC, are preparing for the term’s broader launch on August 26 this year.
In one of the final steps before the right to disconnect sets in, the FWC on Thursday released a draft version of its variation to the modern awards system.
The draft clause, modelled under the Business Equipment Award 2020, hews closely to recent Fair Work Act reforms.
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