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The right to disconnect grants workers not only balance between work and private life, in a time when digital devices blur this boundary, but also fair working conditions and mental and physical health.
This report stresses the importance of taking action on the right to disconnect, in particular in recital H and paragraphs 7-12 and 26. We call on the Commission to act immediately and put forward a legislative proposal on the right to disconnect. All workers deserve rights in the digital world too.
The report and amendment 2 have no legislative power or competences to interpret, change or disregard the Treaties, neither can limit the Commission’s legislative initiative to propose legislation. We urge the Commission to present a legislative proposal on the right to disconnect quickly and start consultation with social partners based on Article 154 TFEU.
Amendment 2 should not be interpreted as making any legislative proposal on the right to disconnect contingent on the European Social Partners Framework Agreement on Digitalisation, which addresses only the arrangements for connecting and disconnecting and no other aspects of the right to disconnect. Social partners in Europe are fully autonomous in what they negotiate and the European Parliament cannot interfere in this process.