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French Workers Win 'Right to Disconnect'

posted by janrinok on Tuesday January 03 2017, @03:57AM   
from the work-when-they-pay dept.

AnonTechie writes:

French companies will be required to guarantee a "right to disconnect" to their employees from Sunday as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking. From January 1, a new employment law will enter into force that obliges organisations with more than 50 workers to start negotiations to define the rights of employees to ignore their smartphones.

Overuse of digital devices has been blamed for everything from burnout to sleeplessness as well as relationship problems, with many employees uncertain of when they can switch off. The French measure is intended to tackle the so-called "always-on" work culture that has led to a surge in usually unpaid overtime—while also giving employees flexibility to work from outside the office.

http://phys.org/news/2017-01-french-workers-disconnect.html

[Also Covered By]: The Guardian , Sky News

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• Is there a Quebec version? Is there a Quebec version? (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 03 2017, @04:52AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 03 2017, @04:52AM (#448783)

  Could you please port this feature to Quebec?

  I'm on the no-fly list but Quebec I could reach on foot.

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• Re:Is there a Quebec version? (Score: 1) by butthurt on Tuesday January 03 2017, @08:53AM

  by butthurt (6141) on Tuesday January 03 2017, @08:53AM (#448824) Journal

  We had a story about the Québec equivalent the week before last.

  /article.pl?sid=16/12/23/109218 [soylentnews.org]

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