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French Workers Can Now 'Disconnect' By Law

  • Guardian, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 8:42 AM
Going forward, French companies will be required to guarantee their employees a “right to disconnect” from gadgets. The new employment law is part of an effort “to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking,” The Guardian reports. Organizations with more than 50 employees are now obliged to define the rights of employees to silence their smartphones.

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