Published 19 June 2025

Right to disconnect laws apply to small business from Tuesday 26 August 2025. Get ready with our new videos for small business.

Right to disconnect starts soon for small business

Right to disconnect laws apply to small business from Tuesday 26 August 2025. These laws already apply to other businesses.

The right to disconnect gives employees the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact (or attempted contact) outside their working hours, unless doing so is unreasonable. This includes contact (or attempted contact) from an employer or a third party.

Watch our new videos to get ready for the changes.

What’s in the videos

Our videos cover:

• what the right to disconnect rules are and how they apply to your small business
• how to have a conversation with your employees about the new rules
• practical steps you can take to apply the rules and avoid issues in the workplace.

Each video has subtitles available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai and Arabic.

Watch the videos

Watch these videos, and find more tips on how to prepare, on our Right to disconnect page.

You can also watch these videos and more on our YouTube channel.

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