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A law for the right to disconnect after work

This is the brilliant idea (we emphasize) that the Minister of Labor, Myriam El-Khomri had and that the government suggested. The idea is to maintain and respect a boundary between private life and professional life.

Today, new technologies such as smartphones encourage employees to check their emails constantly, even when they leave work. The superior therefore no longer has any qualms about bombarding his employee with emails at 10 p.m. With this new reform, the objective is “to ensure compliance with rest and leave periods .

Disconnected periods

The agreement could consider setting periods when the company would not be allowed to send work emails to its employees. A reform that could notably reduce the risk of work-related burnout.

The text should be presented on March 9 by the Minister of Labour.