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Employees' new right to disconnect is unlikely to cause a significant change in Australian workplaces, an employment law specialist says.

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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.

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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.

Amendments in the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill will 'strangle' casual employment, business representatives say.

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.

An employer that questioned a "high-achieving" employee's commitment to his role after he worked from home on mandatory in-office days has been ordered to pay him more than $26k in compensation for unfair dismissal.