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California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours
(www.usatoday.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2024
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What is going on that this is necessary? I've never been expected to be reachable outside my working hours.
I've been on call, but those are scheduled, and I got paid if anything happened. I can only think of a very few unscheduled calls, including one where I had to call in and didn't even have to unmute, but you bet your ass I still counted that time on my timecard and got paid for it.
Salaried workers have no specific hours. Their employers own them.
EDIT: Meaning to say that they aren't paid for hours worked, so there is nothing to lose and everything to gain from a money perspective for employers to get them to work long hours and call whenever.
Wait a second, you don't have working hours in the US just because you're receiving a salary? My contract states that I have 8h of work per day, 5 days a week, and that office hours are understood as 9 AM to 6 PM with 1h for lunch, and that's that.
It depends on your agreement with your employer. Unless your employment contract specifically states hours for you to work during, there is no limit on when your boss can expect you to reply to your emails.
Of course, hourly non-salaried workers get paid by the hour, even though some hourly workers can still be expected to work ridiculous hours by their employers.