Employees in France can now leave their work commitments at work once they leave office. In a bid to protect employee rights, France is moving to make professional emails illegal outside of work hours. The amendment will be introduced to a French reform bill that was recently made a law on May 10. A section of the law titled 'The Adaptation of Work Rights to the Digital Era' was met with severe criticism for interfering with an employee's 35-hour long work week - by stretching it to 46 hours, making it more favourble for the employers. Article 25 of the law states,

he development of information and communication technologies, if badly managed or regulated, can have an impact on the health of workers. Among them, the burden of work and the informational overburden, the blurring of the borders between private life and professional life, are risks associated with the usage of digital technology.

What France wants is simple - give employees a legal right to "disconnect", make them more entitled to their personal time, and do away with the answerability to official communications on weekends.

Companies will now have to rework their policies to incorporate this effort to limit post-work communication that seeks employee participation at the cost of their personal time.