In Belgium, the 'right to switch off' rule applies to companies with 20 or more members of staff. The newspaper reported the Government is considering whether to follow this and exempt smaller ...

Downing Street has said it will press ahead with plans to give workers a “right to switch off” despite the proposal not being mentioned in the King’s Speech. Labour intends to ban bosses ...

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On the other, a ‘hard’ right to switch off would not only permit workers to ignore out-of-hours communication – it would also put in place measures to punish employers who ignore the spirit of the ...

The right to switch off would give workers the right to not have to engage with work correspondence (including emails, phone calls, and work-based messaging services) ...

This week, the government plans to scrap a proposal that would have allowed employees to ignore work-related messages outside of office hours. The 'right to switch off' policy, a key pledge in Sir ...

Kate Palmer, employment services director at the employment law and HR firm Peninsula, explains that the right to switch off is the right for employees to leave their work at work — without emails, ...

DOWNING Street has announced a new workers’ rights initiative to protect employees against being contacted by their bosses outside of working hours. Here is everything we know about Labour\b… ...

Right to switch off in Belgium Employees in Belgium also have a general right to disconnect. Since April 2023, employers with at least 20 employees must abide through formal written provisions in a ...