Leading a virtual team: do my ‘workers’ have the right to disconnect?
April 15, 2021Ministers urged to give UK home-workers a ‘right to disconnect’ https://t.co/77NRGHxEZY — Dr Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) April 13, 2021 “Ministers urged to give UK home-workers a ‘right to disconnect’ is a headline that grabs my attention as the CEO of a virtually-run organisation. I regularly keep up with new legislation regarding home-working, such as the increase from £18 to £26 for Expenses and benefits for homeworking and the ICO’s guidance for working from home. But currently we don’t have legislation that covers a right to disconnect. Polling commissioned from Opinium found that two-thirds of those currently working remotely supported the…
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Maren Deepwell
Charity CEO in EdTech. Ethical, open leadership. Feminist. She/her
