Right not to be reachable again

Commissioner Nicolas Schmit wants home workers to be better protected. However, the employers’ side has scuppered an earlier attempt at a social partner agreement.

The Commission has created the conditions for a possible EU-wide right to switch off. The social partner hearings started on Tuesday. Negotiations between employers and trade unions had previously failed.

The Commission has launched the first phase of a social partner consultation on good working conditions in teleworking and a right to disconnect. This was announced by the Commission on Tuesday. The right to disconnect and fair working conditions in teleworking were already called for by Parliament in a resolution in 2021.

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