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Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours

11:26am August 26, 2024

Australia is the latest country to protect workers who ignore work calls and messages after hours, under certain circumstances. The "right to disconnect" hasn't caught on in the U.S. just yet.

A commuter wearing a protective face mask looks at her mobile phone in a train arriving at the Central Train Station in Brussels in May 2020. Belgium's new rule addresses the ever-blurry line between work and personal life in the pandemic.

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In Belgium, government workers no longer have to answer the boss's emails after hours

2:59pm February 01, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Thousands of federal civil servants will no longer have to answer calls or emails from their bosses outside of working hours. The law aims to address burnout exacerbated by the pandemic.