MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) adopted a report by Alex Agius Saliba (S&D, Malta) on Tuesday 1 December (31 votes in favour, 6 against, 18 abstentions) calling for a directive to enshrine at EU level the right to disconnect.
“We are in a situation where legislation was drafted at a time when digitalisation was not as significant in our lives”, the rapporteur explained on this occasion. “So now is the right time and we now have...