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Right to disconnect from work e-mail and other laws take effect in France

Divorces don't need a judge's nod; cigarette packs to sport only health warnings; thin plastic bags and pesticides in public areas are out; labelling of prepared food tightened

''Employees are more and more connected during hours outside of the office.'' - Myriam El Khomri, the Minister of Labour, said last year in justifying the need for the law.


IF the world does not envy the French enough already for their generous vacations, universal health care, and fine food and wine, the arrival of 2017 brings this: a newly created "right to disconnect". Though ridiculed in some quarters as a ban on work-related e-mail after hours, it...

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