SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It's not a stretch to say most people believe the best part of the work day is when it's over. For many people though, the work day never really ends because their boss can call or email at any time.
"We live under that anxiety and never really take the time to decompress," says Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal Jr.
Espinal introduced a bill which would make it illegal for private companies with ten or more workers to force employees to answer work communications outside of work hours.
The measure would not apply to jobs that require employees to be on call 24 hours a day, and includes exceptions for emergencies. The bill also would not make it illegal for an employer to contact you, just illegal for them to reprimand an employee who does not respond.
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8 comments:
So it's a waste of time then.
You want a job like that go work for the government
We already have caller ID and the ability NOT to answer an unwanted call. Is this just another unnecessary law?
That's what government does they have to keep making laws to justify their jobs and raise taxes to implement the laws along with their pay raises
Democrats come up with stupidest crap I ever heard, they are doing everything they can to erode our freedoms a little at a time. They love Big Brother.
Nah.. there is something sideways with this.
Someone somewhere wants a reason to make all employees go salary so they work all the time/are on call all the time, and this is a stepping stone to that. Watch... this is where it's going.
Then, they can clamp down on what Salary means... i.e. defined hours with for Salaried employees.
Either way.. anyone's time and labor should be payed for. PERIOD. The ONLY resource you have is time. When you trade that for something you should always be compensated. When it's extra time, or YOUR time the compensation should be higher.
Think about it... you have to pay more for after hours service, or peak time energy, etc... your time should be payed for accordingly.
That's right 10:21, too many laws now .... and to many law makers sucking up tax money, getting full retirement and lifelong health care after just one term in congress
I had caller ID, If it was the boss, no answer.
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