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EU looks to give workers the "right to disconnect"

Oct 18, 2024
Many countries around the global have already enshrined the legal right to ignore business emails, calls and messages outside of working hours.
Roughly 20 countries currently have some sort of "right-to-disconnect" law.
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Tired of your boss bugging you after hours? You want the "right to disconnect"

Apr 4, 2024
A bill in the California legislature would make the state the first in the nation to offer what's already law in France and about a dozen other countries.
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