Deck 31: Digital Update: Should Employees Have a “Right of Disconnecting”?

Question 1

Security Patrols Inc.requires its employees to respond to work-related text messages delivered via their company-issued smartphones while on duty in the workplace and while off duty elsewhere.Security's employees might successfully sue their employer for​

A)ownership of the company's smartphones.
B)a decrease in the quality of life.
C)a violation of the right to disconnect.
D)unpaid overtime.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Regional Sales Company expects its sales staff to constantly check their e-mail for work-related messages outside normal working hours.Employees' constant online connectivity with their work raises an issue about​

A)the definition of work.
B)work-related stress.
C)the quality of workers' lives.
D)overburdened company servers.

Answer 2

A