>> However, a proposal to include the so-called "right to disconnect" - the legal right to switch off work-related messages and devices outside office hours - w

>> However, a proposal to include the so-called "right to disconnect" - the legal right to switch off work-related messages and devices outside office hours - was rejected by Portuguese MPs. > I don't understand this - so employer can't contact me but I can't disable my work phone? Sounds contradictory I was probably deemed unnecessary to write this down in law since the company is already forbidden to contact employees outside of work hours.