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The Employee Right To Disconnect, Paul M. Secunda
The Employee Right To Disconnect, Paul M. Secunda
Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law
U.S. workers are increasingly finding it difficult to escape from work. Through their smartphones, e-mail, and social media, work tethers them to their workstations well after the work day has ended. Whether at home or in transit, employers are asking or requiring employees to complete assignments, tasks, and projects outside of working hours. This practice has a profound detrimental impact on employee privacy and autonomy, safety and health, productivity and compensation, and rest and leisure. France and Germany have responded to this emerging workplace issue by taking different legal approaches to providing their employees a right to disconnect from the …
Foreword: Health In The Workplace, Barbara Fick
Foreword: Health In The Workplace, Barbara Fick
Journal Articles
This article is a brief forward to the 1987 Notre Dame Law Review Symposium Issue.