Kiwi workers could soon be resetting the boundaries of their jobs.

The idea of 'quiet quitting' has gained traction on the social media app Tik Tok.

It sees employees dialling back their efforts typically extra work, to get a better work life balance.

AUT Professor of human resource management Jarrod Haar says told Heather Du Plessis-Allan it's about people recognising when they've been overworked.

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