{"id":21386,"date":"2024-09-11T13:12:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T03:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/?post_type=article&#038;p=21386"},"modified":"2024-09-11T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T03:12:29","slug":"new-right-to-disconnect-legislation-what-it-means-for-shore-families-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/article\/new-right-to-disconnect-legislation-what-it-means-for-shore-families-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018Right to Disconnect\u2019 Legislation: What It Means for Shore Families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At Shore, we are committed to ensuring our dedicated staff maintain a healthy work-life balance. The new Federal \u2018Right to Disconnect\u2019 legislation supports this by setting clear boundaries between work and personal life, allowing our staff to fully disconnect from work-related communications outside their regular working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This legislation applies across various sectors, including education, and means that our teaching, administrative, and operational staff have the right not to respond to work-related emails, phone calls, or messages after their working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand, however, that families often need to reach out outside of these times due to busy schedules, and we want to assure you that we will continue to address all inquiries in a timely manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a brief overview of how this impacts communication within different parts of our School, and a letter has been emailed to all families. You are encouraged to read this letter as it provides further detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Early Learning Centre:\u00a0 Staff are contactable between 8 am and 6 pm, aiming to respond within 72 hours for non-urgent matters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preparatory School: Staff are available between 8 am and 4 pm during Term time, with the same 72-hour response time for non-urgent queries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior School:\u00a0 The standard operating hours are 8 am to 4 pm during Term time, with the same 72-hour response time for non-urgent queries. \u00a0While students can email or message teachers after hours, staff are not required to respond until the next working day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boarding:\u00a0 Boarding staff can be contacted between 7 am and 10 pm during Term time. The Health Centre remains available 24\/7 for emergencies, and staff are also contactable out of these hours in case of an emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our commitment to your child&#8217;s education and wellbeing remains unchanged. This legislation will not affect the high standards of support and care that Shore is known for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Shore, we are committed to ensuring our dedicated staff maintain a healthy work-life balance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[22],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-21386","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/21386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=21386"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=21386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}