Implementation Deadline Of The Right To Disconnect

Read our first article on the subject here : Labour Deal shapes right to disconnect for employees as of 1 January 2023

Who is in scope?

Employers with 20 or more employees are obliged to introduce a policy on the right to disconnect on company level.
Self-employed persons or service providers are excluded in the count to reach 20 employees. Since no explicit reference was made to the rules on social elections, it could be argued that temporary agency workers are not included in te count.

Which measures?

The policy on the right to disconnect should contain the following pillars:

• an overview of the practical modalities for the application of the right to be unavailable outside the working hours (= the general framework);