Emails outside working hours: Are they against employment law?

Friday, December 6, 2019 - 10:00 in Psychology & Sociology

It is common for many employees to send, read and reply to work emails at all hours of the day and night, including weekends. This change in work culture developed in recent decades and has accelerated with the advent of smartphones. But is this a breach of employment law? The short answer is that "it depends" and we need some test cases to clarify the situation, not least in the UK.

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