Australia gives millions of workers 'right to disconnect'

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Australia gives millions of workers 'right to disconnect'  People react after Australia gives millions of workers the legal right to "disconnect", allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours contact from employers, to the distress of big industry.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #australia

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00:00This is a video I shot in the morning, but I didn't record it.

00:04I was on my way to a cafe and I found this place.

00:08It's a cafe that sells a variety of coffee.

00:12It's a place where you can choose your own coffee.

00:16There are many kinds of coffee here, but I chose this one.

00:20I also bought a cup of coffee.

00:24It's a very pretty cafe.

00:28I'm going to take a look around the cafe.

00:32It's a cafe that sells a variety of coffee.

00:36There's a lot of coffee here.

00:40There are many kinds of coffee.

00:44There's a lot of coffee here.

00:48There's a lot of coffee here.

00:52There's a lot of coffee here.

00:56There's a lot of coffee here.

01:20Um, I

01:48think obviously it's not for everybody. I think with the higher corporate people who

01:53are on, you know, large sums of money, they do need to be putting in extra effort and

01:59they are on call 24-7, so I do understand that. Um, but generally I think for a work-life

02:05balance I think it's great.

02:06No, I think it is definitely a positive thing, um, because a lot of the time, especially

02:11speaking for myself, I have a very hard time disconnecting. And even though I may not necessarily

02:16be logged on, my brain is constantly working overtime. And so getting that after-hour call

02:22from my boss doesn't necessarily help with me taking that mental health, you know, self-care

02:28time out, um, because I'm then feeling anxious and going, hang on a minute, did I forget

02:34to do this? Am I going to get told off for that?

02:36So I suppose it's a positive thing, but at the same time it depends on the position people

02:41hold as well. Um, but overall I think it is a positive thing because mainly management

02:48try to abuse as well. I have heard that news as well. So in that light, probably it's more

02:53of a positive than negative.

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