News Trade unions and social dialogue Legislating a right to disconnect 11.12.2020 18.4% of employees in Romania started working from home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, compared to only 0.8% before the pandemic. <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/_UeY8aTI6d0" target="_blank">Image</a> from <a href="https://unsplash.com/@szolkin" target="_blank">Sergey Zolkin</a> via <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank">Unsplash</a> Despite the legal provisions, employees working remotely face a significant problem in terms of work-life balance. Does this situation require the recognition of a specific right to disconnect? The right to disconnect refers to the right of workers to disconnect from their work and to no longer receive or reply to any work-related email, call or message outside normal working hours. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania had a debate on this topic on December 11, 2020 during which the FES Romania-UNI Global report entitled “Legislating the right to disconnect” was launch. For more information the publication can be found here in English and Romanian:
