Seoul Considers Messaging Ban After Work Hours (thestack.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The city legislature of Seoul, South Korea, is considering implementing a law that would ban after work messaging to employees, in an effort to reduce work-related stress among employees. Members of the Seoul Metropolitan Council proposed a revision to a public ordinance that would ban after-work messaging to employees of the city's government. The new rule is an attempt to guarantee employees the right to restand states that employee privacy must not be subject to employer contact outside of work hours. If passed, it would ban managers from contacting public sector employees after work hours through phone calls, text messaging, or social networking. Kim Kwang-soo, one of the councilors who submitted the ordinance revision, said that the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) must guarantee the rights of city workers by protecting them from undue stress. He said, "Of course SMG officials must always be prepared for the needs of citizens, but many of them are working under conditions that infringe on their right to rest."

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Need to be passed for Private sector as well

[ghoul]

The always on culture means that basically you are never really on just stuck in a state between on and off and it leads to dumb decisions - Apple's Macbook design team is a prime example

2nd and 3rd shifts?

[zerofoo]

If you are a 24/7 shop then you should have adequate staffing for 2nd and 3rd shifts.

If your business requires 24/7 attention and you have not staffed for that - your business will probably not survive. Emergencies can happen at any time. It is not reasonable to expect that your key staff never take a day off or a sick day. Why would you expect that they be available at all times?