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Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home by 0xfaded on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:29AM (#25302525)
Every regulation like this is a band-aid, and more band-aids will just make the EU even more quintessentially the EU.

If the governance focused on restoring negotiating power to workers, you wouldn't need to write to your MP to go to the toilet.

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Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home by chmod775 on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:42AM (#25302703)
>If the governance focused on restoring negotiating power to workers

The right for workers to form a union is also a worker's right worth protecting.

But this is not a workable solution for every single employment relationship.

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Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home by yladiz on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:34AM (#25302593)
Are you saying I should have to negotiate the number of toilet breaks I get?
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