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Victorian government faces backlash from small businesses over right to work-from-home laws
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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Okay, but how would WFH affect that.
Especially since you said others did WFH with no probs, I'm really struggling to find how WFH in particular is so unworkable for you or other small businesses.
Edit: in particular, how is WFH more of a burden for small business compared to larger ones.
It absolutely does need to be legislated, evidenced by the fact that you or others don't want to do it. The "free market" is not how workers achieved good conditions at work.
An employee with performance issues is not going to be improved by looking after their kid while they work.
This is problem with the employee, and not WFH.
And I'm glad as a state we're not throwing the baby out with the bath water on this one.
You'll figure it out how to manage 2 days WFH, I'm sure. It works absolutely fine for the vast majority of workers and employers.