For decades, working time has been at the forefront of political, economic and social debates both at international and European as well as at national level. Employers had to adapt organization of work, including working time to globalization, global competition and progress on a field of information technologies. In response to these changes flexible forms of working time have emerged. Furthermore, employers’ aspirations to adapt work to the growing service sector have resulted in the emergence of new forms of employment where information technology is broadly used as means of work or to respond to employers’ needs. However, this is not the only way in which information technology affected working time. Workers in a traditional employment relationship have with information technology become accessible anytime and anywhere, which increased their workload and negatively affected occupational health and safety. Given the current legal framework, the use of information technology brings new challenges in defining the scope of work after working hours, especially in determining working time in terms of maximum daily and weekly working time, as well as from the aspect of ensuring minimum rest. Constant availability of workers has already been addressed in a few European countries, which have implemented the right to disconnect into their legislature.
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