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The 'right to disconnect' expected to be introduced this week is potentially a "micro intervention" into employers' operations at a time when the focus should instead be on productivity, a workplace lawyer says.

As reported last week, the Labor Government is currently negotiating with crossbenchers on a right to disconnect, in order to pass the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill this week. Although voting on the Bill is expected to take place within days, at the time of publishing this article the wording of the disconnect provisions was yet to be made public.

But if they're looking at the overseas experience to understand what to expect from these laws, Australian employers might be in for a surprise, Dentons Australia partner Paul O'Halloran tells HR Daily...