Public servants will have right to disconnect repealed under Coalition government

Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Liberal Senator Jane Hume has confirmed Federal public servants will likely be the first to have their Right to Disconnect repealed if the Coalition is elected to federal government.

Peter Dutton has already vowed to end working from home arrangements and to cut 36,000 jobs, despite criticism that the shake-up will disproportionately impact women.

He's already pledged to repeal the Right to Disconnect for all Australian workers, public and private.

The Right to Disconnect, introduced in August 2024, is a workplace condition protecting employees who choose to ignore unreasonable attempts by their bosses to contact them after hours.

The new right is already working as intended to cut unpaid overtime and put more money in the pockets of workers, according to the Centre of Future Work. They found young workers have seen a 40% reduction in weekly unpaid workload in just 5 months.

But the Coalition seeks to undo this progress, cutting the pay of workers and give the green light to bad employers to normalise free work.