[nhangen]

That's the problem - you see the employer as a bad guy taking away someone's sleep, but the employee has a choice no?

Are you going to argue next that having a job, with perfect hours and perfect pay, is also a right?

[ido]

AFAIK in the western world this sort of "freedom" is only available in the USA (if at all, I am not that familiar with the laws over there).

In Austria it is illegal[1] not to offer compensation for working overtime, and I'll bet it is the same in NZ as well.

[1] http://www.wko.at/ubit/kv/IT-KV_2011.pdf