00:00 So, firstly, under these new laws, workers legally don't have to respond to calls, texts
00:07 or emails from their boss or anyone else in the office after hours, unless it's something
00:11 like changing a shift or an emergency.
00:13 They can't be punished for not responding to those messages and employers can't expect
00:19 them to.
00:20 Now, the government says this was all in an effort to address some of the underpayment
00:23 around overtime and also address concerns from the unions and others who say that they're
00:31 quietly - this smartphone, the use of smartphones are quietly forcing workers to stay switched
00:37 on after hours.
00:38 Now, the bill also allowed for criminal penalties for bosses who continue to bother employees
00:44 outside of those hours.
00:45 Now that's something Labor tried to fix yesterday in the Senate.
00:49 They weren't able to because the opposition didn't allow them to put that amendment through.
00:55 We did hear from the Deputy Opposition Leader, Susan Lee.
00:58 She says it wasn't the Coalition's job to help them.
01:01 Here's what she had to say.
01:03 The 11th hour, it is not our job to fix their mess.
01:07 It is their job to go away, do the job properly, bring decent legislation into the Senate and
01:14 manage a proper process.
01:17 Stop this chaos and fumbling at the last minute and then a desperate reach out to the Liberals
01:23 to fix it.
01:25 Now Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten also said he tried, the government tried to scrap this,
01:31 but the opposition did not help.
01:32 Here's what he had to say.
01:35 This week we saw an example of Tory tantrums.
01:39 Labor accepts that we don't want to have serious criminal penalties for the right to disconnect.
01:43 We wanted to make that clear in the legislation.
01:46 But what could only be thrown as toys out of the cot time by the Coalition.
01:51 Now the government says those penalties won't be applied because the legislation doesn't
01:54 come into effect for another six months and then they will be trying to legislate to prevent
02:00 against those criminal sanctions.
02:02 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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