Right to disconnect

Achkar Law Presents Workplace 3.0: The Right to Disconnect for the Forward-Looking Employer

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Employers are required to create a Right to Disconnect policy in workplaces with 25 or more employees working for them since January 1, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Employers are required to create a Right to Disconnect policy in workplaces with 25 or more employees working for them since January 1, 2022.
  • Christopher Achkar, Principal Lawyer at Achkar Law, says, "The policy creates expectations and boundaries for employers and employees, helping separate work and home life."
  • The law defines "disconnecting from work" as "not engaging in work-related communications, to properly disconnect from work for the day."
  • Workplace 3.0: The Right to Disconnect for the Forward-Looking Employer is a free webinar hosted on Eventbrite by Achkar Law on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from 6:00 PM-9:00 PM (EDT) to help employers use this new policy.

Article - Parliament wants to ensure the right to disconnect from work

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Parliament calls for new EU law

Key Points: 
  • Parliament calls for new EU law

    The right to disconnect is not defined in EU law.

  • Parliament wants to change that.
  • On 21 January 2021 it called on the Commission to come up with a law allowing employees to disconnect from work during non-work hours without consequences and setting minimum standards for remote work.
  • Parliament noted that interruptions to non-working time and the extension of working hours can increase the risk of unremunerated overtime, can have a negative impact on health, work-life balance and rest from work; and called for the following measures:

    Find out more on how the EU improves workers rights and working conditions

Press release - ‘Right to disconnect’ should be an EU-wide fundamental right, MEPs say

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Friday, January 22, 2021

It should also establish minimum requirements for remote working and clarify working conditions, hours and rest periods.

Key Points: 
  • It should also establish minimum requirements for remote working and clarify working conditions, hours and rest periods.
  • The increase in digital resources being used for work purposes has resulted in an always on culture, which has a negative impact on the work-life balance of employees, MEPs say.
  • MEPs consider the right to disconnect a fundamental right that allows workers to refrain from engaging in work-related tasks such as phone calls, emails and other digital communication outside working hours.
  • Now is the moment to stand by their side and give them what they deserve: the right to disconnect.

Minister of Labour meets with stakeholders in Windsor to discuss new and upcoming labour initiatives

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

WINDSOR, ON, Feb. 13, 2020 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour, was in Windsor, Ontario, where she met with stakeholders to discuss a number of new labour policy initiatives the Government of Canada is piloting.

Key Points: 
  • WINDSOR, ON, Feb. 13, 2020 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour, was in Windsor, Ontario, where she met with stakeholders to discuss a number of new labour policy initiatives the Government of Canada is piloting.
  • The Minister talked about mental health in workplaces, employees' "right to disconnect" and how better to protect digital platform workers.
  • During the day, Minister Tassi met with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 773, Unifor Local 444 President David Cassidy and Secretary-Treasurer James Stewart, and the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority.
  • These initiatives, which are part of the Minister's mandate letter commitments, build on key labour policy objectives that the Government has focused on since 2015.

Speakap Encourages Frontline Employees to Disconnect and Cut Down on Stress with 'Do Not Disturb' Feature

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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Today, Speakap , the internal communications platform designed to reach, support and engage frontline employees, has launched a new 'Do Not Disturb' feature as a real-world solution to this problem.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Speakap , the internal communications platform designed to reach, support and engage frontline employees, has launched a new 'Do Not Disturb' feature as a real-world solution to this problem.
  • But the true power and value of technology as a whole and our 'Do Not Disturb' feature, in particular, comes from relinquishing some of that power so employees can choose to disconnect when they aren't working.
  • Many countries, such as France and Germany, have taken matters into their own hands by enforcing 'right to disconnect' and 'anti-stress' laws.
  • The company is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Sao Paolo, Koln and Diegem.

Speakap Encourages Frontline Employees to Disconnect and Cut Down on Stress with 'Do Not Disturb' Feature

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Today, Speakap , the internal communications platform designed to reach, support and engage frontline employees, has launched a new 'Do Not Disturb' feature as a real-world solution to this problem.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Speakap , the internal communications platform designed to reach, support and engage frontline employees, has launched a new 'Do Not Disturb' feature as a real-world solution to this problem.
  • But the true power and value of technology as a whole and our 'Do Not Disturb' feature, in particular, comes from relinquishing some of that power so employees can choose to disconnect when they aren't working.
  • Many countries, such as France and Germany, have taken matters into their own hands by enforcing 'right to disconnect' and 'anti-stress' laws.
  • The company is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Sao Paolo, Koln and Diegem.