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After hours email... is overtime now

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January 12, 2012 11:19:05 PM

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Workers who find themselves answering work emails on their smartphones after the end of their shifts in Brazil can now qualify for overtime under a new law.

The new legislation was approved by President Dilma Rousseff last month.

It says company emails to workers are equivalent to orders given directly to the employee.


http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/email-after-ho...

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January 12, 2012 11:31:37 PM

It is a valid point.

I process a lot of routine work after hours via e-mail on my BB and my director and GM are always calling me and mailing me out of work hours.

I might forward this to my union and raise it with my management group when I get back to work.

The BB while it certainly helps when I am on the road is a bane at night.
January 13, 2012 12:12:34 AM

I remember the productivity commission was talking about how people needed the rest to remain at peak productivity.
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