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Workers In Brazil Can Claim Overtime For Answering Email After Hours

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-always-connected dept.

New submitter zzyvits writes "With smartphones becoming more and more common, the push for employees to work after hours is becoming greater. Would the push be as hard if the employers had to pay for it? A law recently passed in Brazil makes it possible for employees who answer emails after normal work hours to claim overtime pay."

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  1. Spontaneous outbreak of common sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Who is responsible for being so fair to workers? We'd never get that here (meaning US.)

  2. Re:They'll just disable email on a schedule by Hentes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not paying overtime by not requiring overtime work is exactly the purpose of this legislation I believe. What is wrong with that?