Victorians' right to work from home will be protected by law as part of plan from premier
Ms Allan will use the Labor Party's state conference on Saturday to outline her government's plans to develop legal protections for workers who want to work from home at least two days a week.
Industrial relations is the domain of the federal government, but Ms Allan will ask her cabinet and department to draft laws to enshrine work from home under state law.
Work from home laws were a major issue at this year's federal election — the Coalition's opposition to work from home rules contributed to Peter Dutton's election loss, and has caused consternation among party ranks.
Ms Allan says under the proposed Australian-first laws, if a Victorian could "reasonably" do their job at home they would be able to do so for at least two days a week, regardless if they were in the public or private sector.
"Day after day unions are being contacted by workers who have denied reasonable requests to work from home.
"Across the country, Liberals are drawing up plans to abolish work from home — and force workers back to the office and back to the past."
While Ms Allan is focusing on work rights, the conference will debate motions for Labor Party members on recognising Palestinian statehood — which is expected to win majority support.
The conference is also set to be targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters, who last year stormed the event at Moonee Valley Racecourse.
Other items on the agenda include debating the merits of the AUKUS alliance, with some Labor operatives working to minimise the impact on deputy Prime Minister and Victorian MP Richard Marles.
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