00:00 Under the new laws, workers legally don't have to respond to emails, calls or text messages
00:07 from their boss or anyone else in the office after hours, unless it's something like changing
00:12 your shift or a work emergency.
00:14 You can't be punished for not responding to work requests after your shift.
00:19 Now the government says this was a way to address the underpayment concerns around overtime
00:24 and also concerns that workers are being quietly forced to stay switched on after hours.
00:31 The 11th hour, it is not our job to fix their mess, it is their job to go away, do the job
00:38 properly, bring decent legislation into the Senate and manage a proper process.
00:45 Not this chaos and fumbling at the last minute and then a desperate reach out to the Liberals
00:51 to fix it.
00:53 We did hear from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after this, he did blame the opposition for
00:57 that not getting through.
00:59 He said they were negative and destructive.
01:02 This is the Liberals' penalties that they insisted on yesterday for reasons beyond my
01:08 comprehension.
01:10 There was a government amendment in the Senate to make it very clear that that would not
01:18 be a possibility and the Liberals in a petulant action threw the toys out of the cot and refused
01:27 to grant leave for the government's amendments.
01:31 Now the Prime Minister says those penalties won't be applied because the legislation doesn't
01:35 go through for another six months.
01:38 Now they have also said that they will seek to change those issues in a separate legislation.
01:44 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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