Right to Disconnect? For Real?!
I never thought I would say this, but New York may have something that could start a trend here in the states...something that has already happened in other countries... and I'm kind of excited about it. I'm talking about the Right to Disconnect Law proposal. 63% of Americans check their phones every hour, 9% check every 5 minutes . Some of this could be because we are so obsessed with social media, and staying in touch with family, friends, various public figures/celebrities... but another part of it is work-a-holics not knowing how to stop their work day. The idea behind "Right to Disconnect" is to ban employers sending emails/texts/calls to employees after hours and/or if an employer sends an email to an employee after hours , the employee will not going to be required to answer. In some corporations, employers would hold that over an employee and reprimand them if they don't respond. If an employee is constantly consumed with working, f...