EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home

Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home by GekkePrutser on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:57PM (#25306945)

This is not how it works in Europe. Usually you get some minimal stupid fee of say 50 euro per month for "being on call" (usually during one week per month or so) and you only get paid for the hours if something actually happens.

This is shit because the 50 bucks does not make up for the enormous loss of flexibility in your free time. Even if nothing happens your whole off-time for a week is restricted.

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Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home by ciceryadam on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:39AM (#25313448)

In Czech Republic and Slovakia it's at least 10% of your hourly salary. I've worked in a company where they payed 20% plus a fee of 50 euro or so to cover your connectivity cost. So a week of base Oncall was around 10% of your salary.

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Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home by maigret on Friday December 04, 2020 @04:06PM (#25307987)

I have been on call for a few occasions years ago and it paid clearly more than 50 EUR for a single week.

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Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home by lotsofpulp on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:08PM (#25307090)

I agree, that's a terrible deal.

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