THE RIGHT TO DISCONNECT
THE RIGHT TO DISCONNECT
Author(s): Izabella BOKOR-SZŐCSSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law, EU-Legislation, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Editura Tehnopress
Keywords: right to disconnect; Directive 2003/88/EC; working time; directive proposal;
Summary/Abstract: The right to disconnect is an increasingly urgent issue in the context of labor law and human resources because in the digital age, connectivity often has negative effects on the mental health of employees. The phenomenon is not new, but in the 1990s, what started naively with an urgent telephone conversation once a week between the employer and the employee outside working hours quickly progressed into dozens of e-mails or conversations on WhatsApp groups between the company's employees, the pursuit of which is of course not a contractual obligation, but rather an expectation from the employer. This paper is focusing on the existing legal framework on the European Union level, Romania, and other member state,s and the directive proposal regarding the right to disconnect.
Journal: Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 88-96
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
