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Push for right to disconnect requires less wishful thinking
The rule, which is gaining global traction, seems infantilising. There are better ways to balance workers’ rights and business efficiency.
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Advocates seem to imagine the right to disconnect can achieve bigger and grander ambitions – including extinguishing burnout. Can it really?
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