I don't understand what you mean? If someone is fired for not taking a call in their off time they would file a complaint/sue (I don't know how the Australian legal system works).

[–] thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I doubt not taking the call is what the paperwork would reflect.

[–] Teotwawki@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

Yeah, here in the US almost every state has "at will" employment, so any protections could really be circumvented by just firing a worker for whatever other reason (or no reason at all) they want. Hopefully labor has it better in the land down under.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago

In the meantime, the worker still has bills to pay and food to buy, and even a successful complaint or suit would still likely end with the worker either not being employed there going forward, or a very confrontational workplace.