A big change is just days away from being brought into every workplace across Australia. Workers will soon be given the right to reject work calls when they're not actually at work.

Suhini Wijayasinghe, head of HR Solutions at people2people Recruitment, told Yahoo Finance this is a "generational shift" in the way managers will have to operate. She urged employers to be ready when the new law kicks in next week.

"A lot of businesses are going to panic about how to implement this particular change because it is a big change," she said.

"And so I think the conversation, rather than is it right, is it wrong, is more about how are you actually going to engage with your workforce to do this properly."

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What are the Right to Disconnect laws?

The law was passed earlier this year and will officially come into play on Monday, August 26.

It gives workers the right to refuse unreasonable communication like phone calls, text messages, emails and other forms of communication from colleagues outside normal work hours.

August 26 is the official start date for non-small business workplaces, while small businesses will have another year before it's implemented.

Fair Work has outlined the conditions that are factored in when communication might become unreasonable:

• The reason for the contact

• Whether the employee is compensated for being available and working extra hours

• The nature of the employee’s role and responsibility

• Their personal circumstances, including family or caring responsibilities

The right to refuse communication will be added to your award contract on August 26.

You can find out more information from the Fair Work Commission changes here.

No cookie-cutter model for Right to Disconnect

Wijayasinghe explained to Yahoo Finance there likely won't be a one-size-fits-all approach to how this law will work.

"When you look at these laws, people immediately think of an office space or a corporate environment," she said.

"While that might be easier to implement, there's a wide array of industries in our country. How is that going to impact people who are working remotely, doing shift work, in areas where they can be on call, how are you going to navigate that particular landscape?"

She said workplaces will have to go through an "explorative period" where they test what works best for everyone, but she stressed that it should be collaborative and not just come from the top down.