Tired of late messages from your boss? A new bill aims to make it illegal.

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5 thoughts on “Tired of late messages from your boss? A new bill aims to make it illegal.

  1. It just shows the power of work from home. Pre Covid 5p would come and people would close their laptops and go home unless they were on call. Now work can occur on your mobile, tablet and of course on your work computer in your home office. Get everybody back into the office and guess what you lose?

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