b"When to Apply Minimum Wage Increases CLOSING LOOPHOLESRIGHT TODISCONNECT When: 26th August 2024 (large employers) 26th August 2025 (small employers)What it is: Key Changes:A right for employees to refuseEmployees have the right to refuse to monitor, read or unreasonable attempts to contactrespondtocontact(orattemptedcontact)fromanemployer outside of their working hoursunless that outside work hoursrefusal is unreasonable.Prevents the employer fromdisciplining/disadvantaging anThe right also extends to contact (or attempted contact)employee for reasonably refusing outside of the employee's working hours from a third party if work related (e.g. from customers or clients). What it isnt: This new right is aimed at preventing employees fromA carte blanch rule of no contactbeing punished for refusing to take work calls or answerwith employees work emails outside of their usual working hours, unless the refusal is unreasonable. Page | 5IR Update July 2025"