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California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours (www.usatoday.com)

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Anyone tired of answering emails and calls from their boss after work may soon be protected by law in California.

A bill has been introduced in California legislature that would give employees the "right to disconnect" from their jobs during nonworking hours.

Assemblymember Matt Haney of San Francisco first introduced the bill, Assembly Bill 2751 in February, which would allow employees to disconnect from communications from their employer during nonworking hours.

If passed, California would be the first state to create a "right to disconnect" for employees. Similar laws have already been enacted in 13 countries, including Australia, Argentina, Belgium, France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Spain.

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Is it really a widespread thing for people to get in trouble for not doing this

Yeah it is. Remember the whole "quiet quitting" bullshit panic? That was about people doing this and bosses (plus the pro-corporate billionaire-owned mainstream media) pretending that it was the death knell of businesses.

I've never answered an email or phone call while off work or on vacation and not once has anyone brought it up

Good. That's exactly how it should be. If they're not paying you for it, you're not on call. That should be a given.

The only people I see doing this are the people that do it of their own free will

Unfortunately, that's far from true. Lack of regulations. An obscene power imbalance stemming mainly from lack of unionization. A business culture that heavily encourages ruthless exploitation.

These conditions combine to make many if not most bosses abuse their workers in any and every way not specifically illegal and oftentimes even THAT doesn't stop them.

This law and effective enforcement of it is VITAL for labor rights and the mental health of workers

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