Kenya is the latest country to propose a “right to disconnect” law — joining France, Portugal and Italy — amid the pandemic-driven rise in hybrid and remote work.
, and experts say the need to disconnect has only grown more pressing with the advent of hybrid and remote work.
When homes turned into offices during the pandemic, Kenyan lawmaker Samson Kiprotich Cherargei realized work had ballooned past the country’s mandated of 52 hours per week over six days. Under a new bill set to be read in Parliament this month, employers in Kenya might be blocked from contacting workers after hours or on weekends.“In the era of the virtual office, it is important to create laws to mark the shift from the physical office to protect mental health, avoid burnout and ensure family time,” he said.
Several other countries, mostly in Europe, have laws protecting employees from being bothered by their bosses after work hours.such a law when in 2017 it granted workers the right to ignore work communications outside of working hours. “Employees physically leave the office, but they do not leave their work. They remain attached by a kind of electronic leash — like a dog,” Socialist Party parliamentarian Benoit HamonIt has become a way of life in France. Gwendoline Dessaux, 37, a manager at a restaurant and climbing center in the city of Strasbourg, does not take her phone on vacation and this year instructed her staff not to contact her when she’s off work.“I am entirely yours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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