Is there such a thing as a ‘right to disconnect’?

13/11/2020 40 min
Is there such a thing as a ‘right to disconnect’?

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Episode Synopsis

This week, Adrian talks to Senator Marie Sherlock, whose Labour Party is introducing a bill that would give people the legal right to disconnect from work mails, DMs, Slack, Teams, Zoom and other platforms at certain times.But is this actually possible in a 2020 workplace?What is ‘work’ these days, anyway? Haven’t our lockdown lives become a blur of screens, one way or another?Joining Adrian and Marie to tease out the issues is Fearghal O’Connor, the Sunday Independent’s deputy business editor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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