With work at our fingertips at all hours of the day, it can be hard to disconnect. AI assistants may solve the problem – at least, that’s what big tech wants us to think.
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Receiving calls from the boss after hours stresses workers and can put pressure on relationships. But this is set to change with an amendment to the Fair Work Act.
This Labour weekend we celebrate the eight-hour workday. But with technology blurring the line between job and home, we need to ask why our workplace law hasn’t kept pace with other countries.
The work-life balance is about more than shutting off devices or abstaining from emails and meetings after 6 p.m.
The best way to help employees disconnect from work is to allow them the autonomy to choose for themselves how, when and where to disconnect.
The right to disconnect can be the catalyst an organization needs to review its workplace policies. But what’s really needed is a cultural shift that gives workers more control over how they work.
What we want from our working environment in future needs to be explored now so that the needs of employees and employers are equally and fairly considered.
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Professor of the Future of Work, Newcastle University
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Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor, Human Resource Management and Business Consulting, University of Guelph
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Stirling
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Lecturer in Work and Organisation Studies, The University of Edinburgh
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Assistant Professor, Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Research Associate Management, Work and Organisation, University of Stirling
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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Deputy Director of the Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University
