High Court Battle Looms for State Labor’s Work-From-Home Push

High Court battle looms for state Labor’s work-from-home push

The Victorian government may not be able to legally enforce a right to work from home. It could try to legislate for one anyway.

'Lawyers' picnic' looms over right to work from home

Businesses are expected to test the legal validity of a state legislating the right to work from home,...

Victorian Government says working from home 'should be a right' as it moves ahead with reform

Sixty per cent of professionals already work from home, and the government is seeking to enshrine that flexibility in law. Photo: Kris Prahl. The Allan Labor Government has announced the introduction of new legislation in Victoria to protect work-from-home arrangements. Popular since the pandemic, working from home has become more common among Australian employees, with more than a third of workers and 60 per cent of professionals regularly doin…

Work from home could be legislated

Premier Jacinta Allan has announced the state government will introduce legislation to protect the ability of an employee to work from home. Under this proposed law, if you can reasonably do your job from home, you will have the right to do so for at… Read more The post Work from home could be legislated appeared first on Star Community.