As much as we all look forward to taking some annual leave for a holiday, in our ultra-connected world, it can be hard to completely disconnect from the workplace, especially if your management doesn’t encourage it.
In some countries like Portugal, there are laws in place to guarantee the right to disconnect for employees. However, here in the UK, we’re still lagging behind. Labour are calling for “the right to switch off” as part of their New Deal for Working People but for now, nothing is set in stone to protect UK workers.