Shark Tank Billionaire Criticises Australia’s ‘Right to Disconnect’ for Workers After Hours

Canadian billionaire businessman Kevin O’Leary, and star of U.S. television show Shark Tank, has criticised Australia’s “right to disconnect” laws that just came into effect this week. The new laws threaten to fine employers who contact employees outside of work hours except in exceptional circumstances. Yet the extent to which such laws can be used by workers is also limited by the nature of their current employment contract—which often have clauses that allow after hours contact. O’Leary was heavily critical of the government implementing such restrictions on businesses. “What happens if you have an event in an office and it’s closed, or you have an emergency somewhere and you have to get a hold of them at two in the morning because it affects the job they’re working on and their mandate within the organisation,” he told Fox News....