Premier Ben Carroll pushes Victoria's contested work-from-home reform back to mid-2027 amid sustained pressure from employer groups
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has delayed the state's right-to-work-from-home laws by close to two years, pushing the scheme's start date from 1 September 2026 to 1 July 2027. The announcement came at a press conference on 11 August 2026, after weeks of sustained pressure from Victoria's business community over the reform's cost and hiring implications.
The Equal Opportunity Amendment (Work from Home) Bill 2026, the equal opportunity legislation Labor first introduced to parliament in June, would give eligible employees – including part-time and regular casual workers on a pro rata basis – a statutory right to work from home two days a week where it is reasonable to do so.
It was drafted under former premier Jacinta Allan, who first flagged a 1 September 2026 start date for the reform, and was due to be debated in the upper house this week before Carroll's intervention.
Carroll's move is a shift from his earlier signal that the reforms would proceed largely unchanged, and follows an escalating standoff between employer groups and the state government over the bill's dispute pathway.
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