Will UK workers have the ‘right to disconnect’ from their job? [Video]

You know the feeling: you get home and as you finally sit down with a cup of tea, your phone pings.

Maybe it’s your boss ‘just’ asking you to hop online quickly to reply to an email/check a document/respond to a query. And, of course, all sense of calm disappears, and you find yourself working… again.

But instead of feeling pressured to work outside of your contracted hours, things might be about to change.

In Australia, as of August 26, workers now have the legal ‘right to disconnect’ – and experts are saying it could soon become a reality on this side of the world too.

But what does this law actually mean and how could it make your working life better if it comes to the UK? Here’s everything you need to know.

‘A right to disconnect aims to prevent employers from contacting workers beyond their contracted hours, imposing sanctions for those who breach …