'It should be illegal:' How to navigate after-hours messages in the remote era

A majority of workers think it should be illegal for their bosses to contact them outside of work hours — and many think the companies should be fined if they do so.

That's according to a new survey of employed Americans that comes amid rising burnout and elevated quit rates.

The survey of 1,000 employed Americans, conducted by invoicing software firm Skynova, found 63.3% of employed Americans believe it should be illegal for bosses to call, text or email outside of their scheduled hours, and 45% of workers believe the employer should pay the employee a fine for doing so.

There is some global precedent for governments cracking down on after-hours calls. A new law in Portugal made it illegal for bosses to email, call or text workers after the end of the business day, as Triangle Business Journal Editor-in-Chief Sougata Mukherjee noted in a recent column.

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