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An employer has failed to overturn a decision that found it took a "blanket approach" to considering a manager's request to work entirely from home, with a court concluding it had breached its own flexible work policy.

New laws will obligate employers to allow employees to switch off from work, but what's really required is a genuine and strategic move to rebuild trust, a wellbeing specialist says.

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• Employees want their financial wellbeing to be a top priority

Giving employees more freedom, but within a framework, helps to tackle the challenge of "bare minimum Mondays", a people and culture leader says.

Employers can expect the Closing Loopholes legislation to have some "profound" impacts on their workplace practices, a lawyer says.

As an increasing number of organisations trial and adopt four-day working weeks, there are clear signs employers should take a staged approach, and that failing to tailor their offering is "a pathway to disaster".

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.

In a Senate inquiry report, Labor and the Greens have expressed their support for the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill, subject to adding a new 'right to disconnect', and further casual and gig work amendments. But Coalition members say the Bill will be a "jobs killer".

The Federal Government is set to legislate a new 'right to disconnect' for employees, but details of how this might be implemented are yet to be revealed.