Cenk Uygur
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Right To Disconnect Laws Explained
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January 8, 2017
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3:56Now PlayingFrance just enacted a number of laws that many Americans are probably jealous of. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola discuss France's "right to disconnect" laws. Do you agree with this law? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"If the world does not envy the French enough already for their generous vacations, universal health care and fine food and wine, the arrival of 2017 brings this: a newly created “right to disconnect.”
Though ridiculed in some quarters as a ban on work-related email after hours, it is not quite that. But it is born of the enlightened view that it is actually beneficial for people not to work all the time, and that workers have the right to occasionally draw the line when their employer’s demands intrude on evenings at home, treasured vacations or Sundays with friends and family.
“Employees are more and more connected during hours outside of the office,” Myriam El Khomri, the minister of labor, said last year in justifying the need for the law.
“The boundary between professional and personal life has become tenuous,” and cases of burnout are becoming more prevalent, she said.”*
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