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A French labour law commenced in 2017 attempting to preserve a ‘right to disconnect’, requiring companies with 50 employees or more to negotiate policies about work-related communications with employees outside work. This legislation points to a universal problem, equally affecting employees beyond France. The expectation to stay connected out-of-hours is making employees miserable, leading to burnout, poor performance, and high turnover. While a right to disconnect has not yet been widely recognised in other jurisdictions, this presentation explores the several forms that it could take, even suggesting that the common law could be instrumental in recognising it as a term implied by law.
Dr Gabrielle Golding is Associate Dean of Law (Learning and Teaching) and a Senior Lecturer in Law at The University of Adelaide, Australia. Her research focuses on the intersection between employment and contract law. Dr Golding's recent work concentrates on how terms implied by law influence contracts for work, including her forthcoming monograph entitled Shaping Contracts for Work: The Normative Influence of Terms Implied by Law (Oxford University Press, October 2023).
- Speaker
- Dr Gabrielle Golding
- Hosted by
- Centre of Commercial Law
- Venue
- Taylor C49
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