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City workers could soon get explicit 'right to disconnect'

When their workday is done

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 9/29/23

Blend in remote work with productivity demands and then add off-hour texts, calls and emails and you have a perfect recipe for burnout. 

City workers, though, could soon be given the explicit right to disconnect from their job at the end of their scheduled shifts. The City Council’s Civil Service and Labor Committee on Tuesday held a hearing on a bill that would establish rules on how often and when supervisors or even colleagues could be in touch when employees are not on the clock. 

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