Wednesday, January 18, 2017
A new law in France establishes a worker’s right to disconnect from their email. Interrrresssting!
The law, which went into effect in France at the beginning of the year, requires companies with 50 or more employees to negotiate with their staff on ways to mitigate the intrusion of business into personal lives, such as setting specific hours when employees should not sent or respond to work communication.
If the negotiations do not result in an agreement, the company must publish a public charter with detailed instructions on the rights of employees outside of office hours.
My view – when the legal system gets involved and creates legislation, it must be a problem. But then, we’ve known it is a problem.
This will be interesting to watch… stay tuned.
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About Marsha Egan, CPCU, CSP, PCC, ICF-Certified CoachMarsha Egan, is CEO of the Egan Group, Inc., Nantucket MA and an internationally recognized professional speaker. She is a leading authority on email productivity. Her acclaimed ?12 Step Program for E-Mail E-ddiction? received international attention, being featured on ABC Nightly News, Fox News, and newspapers across the globe. In early 2009, the program was adapted into a book, Inbox Detox and the Habit of E-mail Excellence (Acanthus 2009 - http://InboxDetox.com/book) Marsha works with forward-thinking organizations that want to create a profit-rich and productive email culture. Marsha was named one of Pennsylvania?s Top 50 Women in Business in 2006.