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What if working from home was a legal right?
An Australian state is planning a new hybrid work law despite an angry business outcry.
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The Australian state of Victoria is shaking the politics of remote working in a way that governments elsewhere may find hard to ignore.
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Pilita Clark
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It is hard to keep up with Australia. If it isn’t passing some of the toughest anti-vaping laws on the planet, it’s bringing in a world-first ban on social media
Now, Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria is planning another ground-breaking move: a law giving workers in both the private and public sectors the right to work from home for at least two days a week.
