Personal Dimension of the Right to Disconnect in the EU Directive Draft

Agata Ludera-Ruszel; Kamila Naumowicz

Tytuły

Abstrakt

This paper tackles the issue of the personal scope of the right to disconnect as the right of a worker to refrain from engaging in work-related tasks and not to participate in communication with employer for a work-related purpose, in particular communication via digital tools such as email and telephone. The reference point of the analysis undertaken will be the EU directive draft regulating the right of workers to disconnect contained in the European Parliament resolution adopted on 21 January 2021. The issue addressed is part of a broader discussion on the legal model of labour provision that has long accompanied the academic debate among Polish and foreign labour law scholars. The prevailing view among those working on this topic, which is correct in principle, is that the protection of employment law should be extended to self-employed workers. There are differences of opinion as to how such protection would be implemented and, in particular, to whom it would apply and to what extent it would apply.

ASJC: 3308, JEL: K31

This paper was written as a part of the project “Pojęcie pracownika. Koniecznośćredefinicji granic stosunku pracy”[The concept of employee. The need for redefinition of the boundaries of the employment relationship], founded by the (Polish) National Science Centre on the basis of decision number DEC-2020/39/B/HS5/00037

This paper tackles the issue of the personal scope of the right to disconnect as the right of a worker to refrain from engaging in work-related tasks and not to participate in communication with employer for a work-related purpose, in particular communication via digital tools such as email and telephone. The reference point of the analysis undertaken will be the EU directive draft regulating the right of workers to disconnect contained in the European Parliament resolution adopted on 21 January 2021. The issue addressed is part of a broader discussion on the legal model of labour provision that has long accompanied the academic debate among Polish and foreign labour law scholars. The prevailing view among those working on this topic, which is correct in principle, is that the protection of employment law should be extended to self-employed workers. There are differences of opinion as to how such protection would be implemented and, in particular, to whom it would apply and to what extent it would apply.

ASJC: 3308, JEL: K31

This paper was written as a part of the project “Pojęcie pracownika. Koniecznośćredefinicji granic stosunku pracy”[The concept of employee. The need for redefinition of the boundaries of the employment relationship], founded by the (Polish) National Science Centre on the basis of decision number DEC-2020/39/B/HS5/00037

Słowa kluczowe

right to disconnect; employee; dependent contractor; employment relationship; work–life balance; equal treatment; prawo do odłączenia; pracownik; zależny wykonawca; stosunek pracy; równowaga między życiem prywatnym i zawodowym; równe traktowanie

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Informacje

Informacje: Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy), Volume 30 (2023), Tom 30 Zeszyt 3, s. 201 - 209

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25444654SPP.23.015.17896

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Personal Dimension of the Right to Disconnect in the EU Directive Draft