<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victorians will be allowed to work from home for at least two days a week under the state government's proposed new laws.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Jacinta Allan today announced she would introduce legislation to allow both public and private sector workers who can reasonably do their job at home to be able to.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Not everyone can work from home, but everyone can benefit," she said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/james-hooper-fired-cctv-captures-moments-after-fox-sports-reporters-alleged-drunken-crash/5cce9ffb-b681-48c3-b5aa-1691a6f934d4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>CCTV captures moments after sacked Fox Sports reporter's alleged drunken crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If you can do your job from home, we'll make it your right, because we're on your side."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Allan added that more than a third of all Australians are already regularly working from home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The permanent flexible working arrangements are estimated to save employees an average of $110 per week, an average of three hours commuting and support women with children, carers and people with disability.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victorian-government-to-enshrine-the-right-to-work-from-home-in-law/d12d1aed-6a69-4547-96b2-dd09112e08ae" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Treasurer Jaclyn Symes said this was also an economic policy that would boost labour participation and productivity. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Employer groups said they were completely blindsided by the call.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is a staggering development. One that we weren't expecting and haven't been consulted on," Committee for Melbourne Chief Executive Scott Veenker said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-mays-hill-stabbing-man-fighting-for-life/e13a92d4-d5c2-494e-bb2b-b1bd310993e3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'My friend's about to die': Man stabbed at Airnbnb in Sydney's west</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's an overstep by the government, it's overreach," Australian Industry Group's Victoria Head Tim Piper.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It shows a complete disregard for the role that business people have in their own business."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melbourne's Lord Mayor Nick Reece said the law could be unfair to workers who are unable to work from home. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If you're a teacher, or a police officer, or a nurse, you have to turn up to do your job and I think it's only fair that public servants and pollies do the same," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Allan accepted that there will be some workplaces where working from home will not be an option.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/tesla-elon-musk-jury-orders-tesla-to-pay-more-than-240-million-autopilot-crash-case/cdc4ec11-7f5f-4421-860b-2d231a195154" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $370 million in Autopilot crash case</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Brattin said he recognised working from home has become a "valuable option" for many people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We support measures that help Victorians enjoy a better work-life balance, and will review any legislation closely, to ensure it supports flexibility, productivity, and personal choice," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The state government will undertake further consultation to consider the types and sizes of businesses that will be covered by the scheme.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The law will then be introduced next year, months out from the next state election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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