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California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anyone tired of answering emails and calls from their boss after work may soon be protected by law in California.

A bill has been introduced in California legislature that would give employees the "right to disconnect" from their jobs during nonworking hours.

Assemblymember Matt Haney of San Francisco first introduced the bill, Assembly Bill 2751 in February, which would allow employees to disconnect from communications from their employer during nonworking hours.

If passed, California would be the first state to create a "right to disconnect" for employees. Similar laws have already been enacted in 13 countries, including Australia, Argentina, Belgium, France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Spain.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It just means that employers will have to pay employees for the work they perform. I dont think there will be major changes. It will just require companies to better define the hours their employees are expected to be working.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Again, ops teams usually work way overtime. California is special because we don't really have an overlapping working time with Asia or EU. This means we either have to not work a regular 9-5 time zone or the company is going to have to open a bunch of positions to make up for the difference.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

ops teams usually work way overtime

Then those workers are entitled to overtime pay and for those overtime hours to be clearly defined and adhered by. That really shouldn't be so hard to grasp.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Salary workers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Then no. If it's not in your contract and you're not being paid extra for it, they have no right to take your free time.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Care to describe what you're calling "ops" or do you think your company's technobabble means something?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Ops" means "Operations" and is far from technobabble. Ops could be everything from maintenance and security personnel to IT workers who keep business-critical systems running.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago

So technobabble. No real making. It's just a word to slap on whatever you decide is important.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Are you asking me what is operations?