The term ‘right to disconnect’ refers to the following:

• The right of an employee to not have to routinely perform work outside their normal working hours (including refraining from engaging in work-related emails, telephone calls, or social media messages);

• The right not to be penalised for refusing to attend to work matters outside of normal working hours; and

• The duty to respect another person’s right to disconnect (for example: by not routinely emailing, social media messaging or calling outside normal working hours).