What is the right to disconnect? – The article by Valentina Messana and Ana Rita do Carmo (Paramount Legal) on ELLINT

How do Italy and Portugal regulate the right to disconnect? What obligations should employers consider when contacting employees outside their working hours?

In a joint article, our Valentina Messana and Ana Rita do Carmo (Paramount Legal) compare the legal frameworks governing the right to disconnect in Italy and Portugal, highlighting two different approaches to protecting employees’ rest time and work–life balance.

While in Italy the right to disconnect is mainly regulated through individual remote working agreements and collective bargaining, Portugal has introduced a general statutory duty requiring employers to refrain from contacting employees outside their working hours, except in cases of force majeure.

Read the full article here.