One year after implementing the "right to disconnect" rule, over half of employees (54%) report still being contacted by their managers or employers outside of work hours.
These are the findings of a survey of 1,000 French-speaking employees carried out by Protime, a company specialising in time recording, staff planning and access control markets.
Of those contacted, 65% received phone calls and 45% received text messages, more so than emails (43%). Over a quarter (28%) of employees said they occasionally or frequently received work-related phone calls, messages or emails in the evening or on weekends, whereas this was rarely the case for 26% of respondents.
Despite this, over four in five employees (83%) support the right to disconnect and many have experienced positive effects. One third (34%) noted that they now feel less stressed at work since its introduction.
Additionally, four in ten claim they are called less frequently. Just over half (51%) are now more assertive when contacted outside of work hours.
