A state premier has vowed to push on with writing the right to work for home into law, rejecting claims it will send businesses fleeing across borders.

The Business Council of Australia on Wednesday waded into the debate on the Victorian government's plan to legislate a right for private and public sector employees to work from home two days a week if their role allows.

The nation's peak business group, whose members employ more than 250,000 Victorians, wants the policy to be abandoned.

"My message to the Victorian government is very clear," its chief executive Bran Black he told reporters.

"Please shelve these policies."

Mr Black, the former chief of staff to former NSW Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet, argued it would result in businesses choosing to invest elsewhere, especially am

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