Digital disconnection of the work: reflections on the legal challenges in labor law

Abstract

A right to disconnect from the workplace questions the spatial and temporal limits of the work activity. Another challenge is to keep a social model based on work, especially on salaried work. Finally, the right to disconnect is characterized by a tension between labour management practices, work overload and work-life balance. The aim is therefore to question the possibility of regulating digital tools in the workplace through the French system on the right to disconnect and its criticism, but also on the workload and the role of the labour legislation in this area.