--- title: The pros and cons of right-to-disconnect legislation description: California lawmakers have proposed a bill that would give workers the 'right to disconnect' from their jobs when they're not on the clock. The potential... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-pros-and-cons-of-right-to-disconnect-legislation-le1wjb4gv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The pros and cons of right-to-disconnect legislation | daily.dev og:description: California lawmakers have proposed a bill that would give workers the 'right to disconnect' from their jobs when they're not on the clock. The potential... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-pros-and-cons-of-right-to-disconnect-legislation-le1wjb4gv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/le1wJB4gv.png og:image:alt: The pros and cons of right-to-disconnect legislation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The pros and cons of right-to-disconnect legislation **[Atlassian](https://daily.dev/sources/atlassian)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary California lawmakers have proposed a bill that would give workers the 'right to disconnect' from their jobs when they're not on the clock. The potential benefits include combating worker burnout and improving physical and mental health. However, implementing these laws may pose challenges for employers in terms of flexibility and compliance. Organizational leaders should prioritize establishing workplace norms that respect personal time and model the behavior they expect from employees. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-pros-and-cons-of-right-to-disconnect-legislation-le1wjb4gv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The pros and cons of right-to-disconnect legislation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-pros-and-cons-of-right-to-disconnect-legislation-le1wjb4gv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-pros-and-cons-of-right-to-disconnect-legislation-le1wjb4gv"},"datePublished":"2024-05-07T20:56:21.620Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"California lawmakers have proposed a bill that would give workers the 'right to disconnect' from their jobs when they're not on the clock. The potential...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5d9a0a051d8c4db0f568e18704951248?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5d9a0a051d8c4db0f568e18704951248?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Atlassian","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Atlassian","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/44750d8e66de4411bb477159b321bb43","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/atlassian"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-pros-and-cons-of-right-to-disconnect-legislation-le1wjb4gv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"leadership,work-life-balance","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Atlassian","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/atlassian"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The pros and cons of right-to-disconnect legislation"}]} ```