Remote Working, Right to Disconnect

Top International Employment Law Predictions for 2025

Fisher Phillips on 1/17/2025

Our International Practice Group thought leaders have pulled together their top predictions for the new year so that employers can get a running start to 2025....more

Remote working in the technological age

Ius Laboris on 10/30/2024

The opportunity for employees to work from a location of their choice has become the new normal. Remote working offers numerous advantages for employees, including increased flexibility, a better work-life balance, and...more

The Right to Disconnect: A Comparative Analysis

King & Spalding on 9/5/2024

The line between ‘work’ and ‘home’ has historically been clear for most employees – separated by a distinct office building, worksite, or retail space. Technology has blurred this line in the past few decades and, for some...more

The right to disconnect: which countries have legislated?

Ius Laboris on 7/28/2023

Since 1 April 2023, Belgian employers in the private sector with 20 employees or more must include the right to disconnect in collective bargaining agreements or work rules. The right to disconnect applies to all categories...more

The Right to Disconnect Under Mexico’s Telework Regulations - What Does It Mean for Employers?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/15/2022

On January 12, 2021, the right to disconnect (known in other countries as the “right to digital disconnection”) became an employment right in Mexico for employees in telework arrangements, with the publication of an amendment...more

The Right to “Disconnect” for Employees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/18/2021

We have seen the benefits of technology in keeping us connected in the new remote working environment and the flexibility that it provides, but how does this impact employees’ ability to disconnect from their work?...more