Last week, the Business Council of Australia (BCA) warned of the potential economic consequences of the Victorian government’s proposal to introduce a legislated right to work from home for at least two days a week.
The BCA has used its submission to an inquiry into the proposal to contend that employers are likely to respond by shifting investment capital and jobs interstate.
CEO Bran Black noted that Victoria has already had Australia’s highest unemployment rate for 15 of the past 17 months. He also expressed concern that the policy would increase the divide between office-based employees and frontline workers, who cannot work from home.
