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Huh. A couple of white-collar unions in France have signed a new labor agreement:
The legally binding deal, signed by employers’ federations and unions representing almost one million workers in the digital and consultancy sectors, stipulates that employees should be left alone when they are out of the office.
Staff will be ordered to switch off their professional phones and avoid looking at work-related emails or documents on their tablets and computers. Businesses will be required to ensure that workers are under no pressure to check their messages.
The ban takes effect at 6 pm each night. Remarkable.
