Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home
by Loughla on Friday December 04, 2020 @10:41AM
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>I've increasingly seen and heard employers trying to take advantage of the current situation
Our leadership, once they finally relented to any amount of remote work, were saying, "your time at home is considered 'on call' time".
I addressed a formal request for a pay differential, based on labor laws and the use of the words 'on call'. I stressed that I was more than willing to be on call, but I would need my pay to reflect that, legally.
Now, when I shut my PC down at 5 and shut my phone off at 5, they no longer get mad that they can't get me after hours.
Our leadership, once they finally relented to any amount of remote work, were saying, "your time at home is considered 'on call' time".
I addressed a formal request for a pay differential, based on labor laws and the use of the words 'on call'. I stressed that I was more than willing to be on call, but I would need my pay to reflect that, legally.
Now, when I shut my PC down at 5 and shut my phone off at 5, they no longer get mad that they can't get me after hours.