The Employment Committee of the European Parliament proposed to legislate the right of workers to turn off the computer and phone and not respond to work messages outside of working hours. This will help maintain the health of workers and improve their social ties (including relations with children), writes Europulse.
About a third of European workers have switched to remote work since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a regime further blurs the boundaries between personal and work time.. Meanwhile, in the European Union, the right of the employer to demand that his employee be in touch outside of working hours without additional remuneration is not legally enshrined..
MEPs are confident that workers now need the "
This initiative will continue to be discussed in the European Parliament next year.