Yes, but 'Employers should be able to justify contacting professionals after hours based on common contract clauses that say a worker’s high salary includes reasonable overtime'.
See: https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/the-right-to-...
See: https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/the-right-to-...
It should help for people like my mother, who get paid sweet fuck all but are expected to work 10-12 hour days, where 1-3 of it is homework and they are effectively on call 24/7 without compensation.
There will be countless exceptions but it's a good thing to have in law, so it can be taken to the ombudsman or used in court.
I understand this should hopefully help low wage earners that are taken advantage of. That’s great. The US, my country, could really take some inspiration here. But why are we rolling back the achievements of the standardized 40 hour work week for a certain group of people?
It feels like this is pitting the poor against the middle class. All the while the wealthiest of wealthiest are relaxing in yachts complaining that their grocery baggers can’t be called in to work overtime.
Paid overtime seems to be a blue-collar only thing in most English-speaking countries.