California could become first state to give workers a 'right to disconnect'
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- California could become the first state in the country to give workers a "right to disconnect" under a new bill.
Assembly Bill 2751, introduced by Asm. Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) on Monday, would guarantee workers in the Golden State the ability to have uninterrupted personal and family time by giving them the ability to disengage from emails, texts and calls during non-work hours.
“Work has changed drastically compared to what it was just 10 years ago. Smartphones have blurred the boundaries between work and home life,” Haney said in a statement. “Workers shouldn’t be punished for not being available 24/7 if they’re not being paid for 24 hours of work."
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I would not answer any damn way
No worries - your name is on the list for positions to be eliminated when automation takes over!!! Then you'll have all the free time in the world and no one will call you even during work hours!!! 🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
@@LWRC 😂😂
@@LWRCcan’t wait it will be heaven on earth more time to watch corn 🌽
@@LWRC - Oh, I suppose California Legislators will now have to come up with some law preventing those complying with the first law from getting fired because they were complying with the first law. Then they will have to come up with another law that allows employers to fire those complying with the first law that meet certain requirements, and so on, and so on - just another day in the land of laws.
@@WarHawk-
The market place rewards winners! No laws required.
Do you think Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos clocked out every Friday afternoon at 5:00PM and call it a week and waited till Monday morning before hitting it??!!!
The global market place is international and you and I and everyone in this country are competing against everyone else around the planet. When sandbaggers want to use every excuse in the book not to be productive, what do you think will happen when the competition overseas don't have this nonsense??!!! Yes - homeboy, your company will go out of business or will at the least shut down and move off shore!
So if you think this legislation is good, then you'll definitely enjoy the freedom and time off, permanently, that you'll be getting shortly when you get canned or the company goes off shore!!!🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
My boss has NO authority over me outside of my work hours, unless my employment contract states otherwise. I do not respond unless I want to.
Hands you your poor performance review with no explanation and starts making calls to replace you.
“Unless you want to” - then they do.
No wonder you had 20 jobs in a year
@@TheGreenRoomOnline 20 years at one job actually.
@TheGreenRoomOnline then so be it
The company doesn't own me after I clock out
I don't understand. Since when do we HAVE to answer a call from a boss after hours?
how else you would know you've been laid off and not to show up tomorrow.
My husband is on call 24/7 and takes calls or emails all the time. This will not change for him.
Most people's jobs have called an employee at home to cover a shift for a person. Now that will be illegal in CA . How bout calling to coordinate a carpool ride ? Nope any coordination and communication ik work related manners off work hours between employees will be grounds for immediate termination .
Your generation are the sorry generation. LOL 😂, always crying and complaining.
Its for salary workers not hourly.
I remember when I used to work in retail people would call out and not get punished. Then I would get harassed by management on my day off and guilt tripped if I didn’t come in to cover for them.
Why did you answer the phone?
Should have kept your phone off. That's what I would do when I was working for a place like that. That caused issues though with other's trying to get ahold of me, so I set my phone up to only allow calls and texts from certain numbers and to block all others until I turned that option off.
Hey Professional, big fan.
That’s what happens to me & I don’t want to work jobs anymore lol
Why’d you even answer the phone calls? Once I clock out for the day, I’m never answering work phone calls .
I'm a Manager for a big company and I have 21 reports. I refuse to reach out to any of them after work hours, unless they have a missed time punch so I can correct.
I've ignored calls and it has never affected my work, just state your boundaries and stand your ground.
seriously same. Cali you don't have to regulate everything.
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I also don't have a problem, but some people don't have the luxury. American culture makes it so that your employer basically owns you so I'm fine with bills that put them in their place.
Some folks don’t have the luxury. I’ve been warned about doing it and gotten written up for it.
Yeah your job obviously not important. You can always ignore work calls when your job is not important to the company and your replaceable
Any manager that retaliates against an employee refusing a phone call after work hours needs to get canned
They need to, but they won't. They'll probably get a raise or some crap instead, because that's sadly how things work nowadays with this modern day form of slavery.
Retaliation is already a Federal Labor Crime.
Canned and left in a coma for playing with people's livelihood
Its an at will state. They can fire you for any reason
@@bogger3kI cannot stand when people get "at will" so wrong. No they cannot just fired you for any reason. They can fire you for any LEGAL reason. Threre are still plenty of protected statuses and actions under the law even in at will states. Workers are still protected from retaliation and wrongful termination. Unless your contract states you are on call after hours, you cannot legally be fired for not answering. If you are on call, you have to be paid for that.
Just text and say”
Sorry boss I can’t answer my second job won’t let me answer” 😂😂😂😂😂
smart
that or your phone died. lol
Check - mate.
I had a coworker when I was very young, he would say " I have had a few beers, I can't" , and that was that.
I had a second job and my manager was mad I had another job like wtf
Forget my boss. Since when do I HAVE to answer ANYONE ?
Leave a voicemail and I’ll check it when I can.
If this is an emergency call 911.
Would be funny if you actually were a 911 operator, haha
im seeing some arguments that it'll "prohibit communication" but its just giving employees the _right_ to ignore calls. i watched a section of the standing and Matt says,
"What it does not do is it does not prevent an employer from sending out an email or work-related communication after hours. It provides protection from employees from being retaliated against if they choose not to engage in work during those hours where they can disconnect. This bill does not prevent an employee from working after hours if they choose to."
i just wrote this because misunderstandings are a pet peeve of mine lol
Only an abusive boss in a hostile workspace would NOT support this.
This doesn’t need to be a law. There are laws in place already protecting your time off. Unless your job description or contract states you are on call, you don’t have to pick up. I know this because I’ve had to use them in the past. First there were pagers, then cell phones, now company cell phones with tracking turned on.
I work in IT. Over the last 25 years they have tried to make me on call. My job description says, no on call. Just because the company gives me a pager or cell phone doesn’t mean I have to carry it with me when I’m not on the clock. As for your personal cell phone, you don’t have to answer it if it is work.
I turned in my pager, refused a company cell phone after they called me during a reception dinner. Only a few coworkers, that I trust to not abuse my number know it. My last vacation was picked because I didn’t have cell service there. People think if the phone rings they have to answer it. Grow up.
That is 100% every corporate owned and 65% of every private owned businesses in the United States. Employers haven’t given a crap about their employees since the late 1970’s. The time before this was awesome, bosses gave time off for families, company picnics, employee bonuses, and always a pat on the back for a job well done. Since the 1980’s this business model has given way to ball and chain tactics with threats of firing because everyone is expendable.
No one should support this. This bill shouldn't even be writ. This is another Democrat overreach. Its probably a way to weasel in a Tax. Just don't pick up the phone or get another phone dedicated to your work. We already figured this stuff out (especially with mission critical jobs like police, ambulances, medical doctors, engineers, and so on).
@@moe4490 , it is not Corporate owned business. The worst was a Mom and Pa shop I worked for. They broke so many labor laws it was shocking. They hired starving, no experience college kids to do their programing. I got moved from Programing to IT in that company.
As for caring for the workers, not all bosses abuse their employees. My current boss is a dream (former Marine 5 combat tours). You don't abuse his people, he doesn't are about your schedule.
As for Corporations not caring, the Unions don't care either. Everyone is out for what they can get in this world. When you find people that are NOT like that, treasure them.
@@complexity5545 How is buying a second phone a better option? Oh right you brought politics into this, you must be a Republican with money...so just buying a second phone and paying for that is a better option then denying a business the ability to pester you after hours. Telling a woman she can't have an abortion and if she does she can go to jail is an actual government Over reach.
Under paid, overworked and now the boss calls you on your day off. No way!
If you have no skill you shouldn’t be paid good get over it
Who is underpaid and overworked in california ??!! ??? You mean who isn't lazy in california !
@@MarieAntoinette1938_tmcexactly
Commiefornia
@@1939Masterdeluxecompanies these days have the BALLS to pay 25 an hour for requiring years of experience, 3 certifications, other knowledge and skills, and a bachelors degree.
They know who to call, and not who to call!
You are right 😅
😂
Well, I know who I’m going to call if something strange is happening.
@@dudetocartmanghost busters !!
whom
Nornally against most of what commifornia does, but I can live with this. Protecting workers right to their personal time without retaliation from employeers is 💯
Homeless People: Ignore them.
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Highest Rate of Drug Addicts: Nah, not a problem.
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Highest Unemployment rates of all time: Ignore it!
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Highest Tax Rates of all States in the entire country: Don't care.
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Texting Workers: HOLY SHIET! Let's fix this problem.
If they don't go "above and beyond" for your paycheck while you have gone "above and beyond" your work too many times, why stay loyal to that company?
reciprocity, you said well. You need no bill for that.
It’s the devil you know.
Too many times is correct. Being loyal a few times or during hard times with eventual repayment is one thing, at some point sometimes you just get used.
If you perform at a 100% work rate, They expect it daily. If you perform at a 140% work rate once, they'll expect that daily. If you ask for a 40% increase in money for the added work you do, they'll laugh at you. The notion of honest days work for an honest days pay is long gone.
"I'm also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday"
"no."
Poor cupcake, works hard . 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dammit you beat me to it yo 🤣... respect.... now let's talk about flair
@@notsocrates9529
Don't bother coming in on Monday either - your position has been eliminated! 🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
@@LWRC im on my way boss
this is the problem for salaried people. Employers love free overtime.
Yup, I had an opportunity twice to become a sup when our division was reorganized with less workers. Knew I could make much more in overtime as an hourly than the slight bump in pay as a sup. Each of the sups who had been hourly regretted being a sup.
Yea, but as a salaried employee, I love working 1 hour and then going home without losing pay.
@@timg2973 riiiight. Most companies are the other way around.
@@timg2973yeah worked as a sales rep and did my stores quick. Made twice times as much working 32 - 36 hours instead of having to pick up other peoples slack to get over time.
i'm salaried, and it's not a problem for me. not a soul i know, work related or personal, thinks they can call and are entitled to an answer. there isn't a phone on me 24/7
We've been doing this since phones were invented. Isn't the homeless crisis in CA through the roof right now? Why is that state focused on something so utterly stupid instead of actual important topics and matters?
Guess what, I didn’t need a law to ignore my boss!
More so retaliation protection, which is great.
The fact that we even need a law to stop employers from imposing in our PERSONAL TIME is baffling.
I was thinking the same thing when I saw this. It's because the "boss" personality types are usually inconsiderate, disrespectful and intrusive.
This won’t stop them calling you, that’s what’s so pathetic, it’s a law to say you don’t have to answer 😂
It's the USA, corporations have all the rights and the power. Basically the same as China, except the US government isn't quite as polite as China's.
Corporate culture at its finest. Most people are of the mind to ignore work calls outside of work, this would just solidifies it in law so companies can't incrementally change policy to tell people that they can be fired for not being essentially unpaid and on call 24/7.
So they want to fired you. They just find reason any small mistake and make thing bigger than it seem.@@justwayne4785
My first day working for a good company, I was going home after my 8 hours day and my manager asked where I was going, looking surprised. I replied "home!". He said "we all work more than 40 hours per week here" and I said "I don't and I recommend you don't too if you love yourself and your family!" and got out. I worked there for years without ever being asked to work after hours again.
I'm one of the only people on my team that works 40 hours a week, some people are more like 60. I established from the beginning that I was leaving on the dot unless I chose otherwise, and my boss understands and plans for that. If you work for good people and show them that you are capable, they will respect the give and take.
Good for you! Stand up for yourself especially in the workplace
I'm single dad with 4 kids, I couldn't survive on 40 hours, food is expensive and so is my house payment..! Water bill, electric bill, gas bill..! Yeah no
You will be the first to be laid off, if that business closes. Plus your reference would be poorly scored, if you ever get another job.
Thats nice, in illinois a "right to work" state, they can do mandatory overtime and if you don't comply with the schedule they force down your throat then they can fire you.
You dont need a law to pass to ignore your boss when off the clock.
CA is special.
@@smorris281 You must of never had a boss that would constantly call you and Interrupt your sleep. I worked nights 6pm to 6am and he would call me at 10am on days that I have to be at work again at 6pm, and if I don't pickup the phone he would get highly upset to the point he was going to fire me on the spot, Sooo yeah we need more laws like this one.
@@es-qf2gwFind another job.
Some people do. Not every boss is the same. I had one threaten to fire me if I didn't answer calls on my off days
100%
Of course you have the right to disconnect. And your boss has the right to fire you. Some crazy states think backwards.
So let me get this straight….I need the government’s permission to not answer the phone?
It's protection against retaliation.
@@geriroush8004 sure... just like the minimal wage law protects you from getting replaced by a machine...
lol no. You need the government's protection to not get fired for not answering the phone. But I bet you're one of those that votes for stuff like corperations have more rights than you.
It takes special stupidity to turn a critique of this bill into a lolbertarian complaint
@@viperaaspis no. And I also know how to spell
I don’t need this law to ignore or say NO.
I have never heard anything thing about having to answer the phone on my day off except when I was a supervisor and was on call other than that I'm not answering my phone for people I don't actually like sounds like they got paid to be on call but didn't want to he on call California seams like a place to warn you kids about
Surely they will attach many things to it… that have nothing to do with what the bill is about.
My boss asked if I was going to take my computer on vacation and do work and answer emails! And take calls if they need me. I swiftly said no! I laughed in her face! On my beach vacation that cost me a few grand? The very nerve
you can say NO... 3x, MAX!!! and then... "your final check is in the mail... terminated for cause"
@@christopherlastname7638the world doesn’t just exist where you can see tons of people will be punished or fired if they don’t pick up the call. It happed to my mother recently. They called to cover at 5:30am when she was asleep and she didn’t pick up and took her off the schedule for 4 days because “she obviously doesn’t want to work”
Had a supervisor do that. Treated it as if reporting into work then released for the remainder of the day. Company is required to pay 2 hours for reporting to work. Logged the two hours of work for each call, even if it was just 30 seconds. All of it became overtime since already worked 8 hours or had put in a 40 hour week when the sup called on a weekend. Supervisor stopped calling. Vacation time, I would block company numbers.
My company already does that. They always remind us that if you get a call from management, log it down minimum 1 hr on your time logs.
Lol, so if they call you you get two hours worth of pay, even if you're at home? That's fun, wish I had that.
with 20 serfs/knaves for every job??? 3 "no reponses" and .... txt... "your final check is in the mail. terminated for Cause" they will make the paperwork trail so no way can contest it in unemployment court.
The fact that this is even necessary should give the government a clue that companies are demanding too much of their employees these days.
This is a perfect example of wasting taxpayers' money. This is absolutely pointless!
Havent seen all video but in Germany is illegal for a boss to call you after work but i guess muricans only waste money on military
As a former child of CA who left looooooong ago. GROW SOME BALLS. Don't pick up unless your emergency field. If boss says why dint you pick up you just say I was not on the clock. Your co workers are not your friends. Go do your job and do it right all the time. You will be good 👍
Y is coworkers not your friends
I have this rule: "I don't answer work calls when Im off work, as I do cannot do work while off the clock."
I was punished for not answering my phone after working hours. I go to the gym and do other personal things. During a performance review, I was told that I wasn't a "team player" and didn't go "above and beyond" and was passed over for promotion despite having the most experience on the team.
Wow! How’s this even legal?
Contact the labor board
Get over it. If you were the person for the job, you would have gotten it.
@@robertg6339you talk like an abusive boss. Abusive bosses are why workplace violence happens. You need to remember that.
@@averyjames4623 I'm not an abusive boss, I'm a hard worker. You can always spot someone who isn't by how much they whine about not getting their dues. Trust me, if you were as good as you think you are, you wouldn't have to say it yourself. Others would be saying it on you're behalf. BTW, violence doesn't intimidate me either.
Never answer a call from work its only to tell you to come in for work or getting fired or suspended never ever to give you anything good
Absolutely! People should already have the right to not deal with work without pay.
Leave it to California to have to come up with some sort of law ALLOWING someone to not have to answer a phone call. Everyone else in every other State just says 'screw-it, I'm not picking-up' and then they go on about their lives.
Yeah, I don’t get the need for bill for this, either. I thought it was an inalienable right already.
because workers need laws in place, or else some companies take advantage of workers, this would define clear rules and consequences for companies that break the law
@@Nighthunt01 - That is not true because nowhere else in our Nation have laws been put into place to 'protect' the worker from off-the-clock phone calls from their employers. There is no law anywhere that says employees MUST reply to a phone call from anyone, therefore, there does not need to be any laws 'protecting' anyone from not answering a phone call. It's nothing more than the 'tail wagging the dog' legislation to justify the existence of a lawmaker.
- Plus, all an employee has to do is claim that they never received the call, their phone was 'accidentally' turned-off, was on the fritz, simply missed the call, etc. There is no way that an employer could prove that the worker wasn't being truthful.
@@WarHawk- another smart take...."this law doesn't exist already in other states therefore it should not exist now"🤦🙄you sound like someone that should have been held back in school, can't imagine the awful grades you got
@@Nighthunt01 - No, you just have no idea how regulated and controlled you have become in the state of California.
That's why you should have a second phone, for your job only.
You go back home, turn it off. Simple. no calls.
This seems like an extra unneeded step, just don't answer the phone in the first place.
Umm, Caller ID.
@@MaxDunk It's not the same thing though, if you grab your phone and see missed calls and texts it will have an effect on you.
On the other hand if you keep a second work phone muted in a drawer, it's an out of sight, out of mind thing...
If I worked at a place that didn't respect the clock I would definetely keep a cheap phone for work.
It's illegal to do that in the first place?!? I never answer; they ain't paying my phone bill, so I'm not obligated to communicate after work hours
Thank God! I've worked in IT for 15 years and 80+ hour weeks and taking calls at midnight is the norm. This needs to be a law everywhere. It's nuts how IT staff gets treated. Mandatory 24 hour on call with no pay is in practice all over the industry. I haven't had a full lunch break in 5 years.
MY Time is MY Time, I am a WORKER, NOT A SLAVE!!!
Last family vacay I attended my mom picked up my Dad's phone and screamed, "We're on vacay, he's not coming. Please stop calling." 😂😂😂 He is a cop and they know he'll always say yes.
I AM NOT GOING TO ANSWER. Nobody is going to tell me different.
Last year went on a 2 week vacation 3'rd day in my boss called to see if i was available my response was " you gotta be fu**ing kidding me" hung up after vacation came to work and he asked me "have a good vacation?" And that was that i work to live not live to work
Just don’t answer. You’re kidding there’s a law in California that you have to answer your phone if your boss calls? They waste money on stupid laws. that is so asinine don’t answer the damn phone. California get what you voted.
I just laugh and ignore the calls.
Unless they paying me triple over time. Not worth it.
We work 80% of our lives away. If my boss called me after hours, unless an oncall job, i wouldnt even answer.
No, you work 12-15% of your life away.
The context of this video is just a given. Salary or on call would be different. But hourly? Bwahaha
I have been doing this ever since I started working.
Careful I was punished for not answering my phone after working hours. I go to the gym and do other personal things. During a performance review, I was told that I wasn't a "team player" and didn't go "above and beyond" and was passed over for promotion despite having the most experience on the team.
It’s not a big deal if it happens once in a while, you are part of a team, but if it happens a lot, they should take that time and pay you for it
YES, YES, YES! I'm tired of answering emails and texts outside of work all the time. We need this.
No need to worry about that. Pretty soon no one in California will be working.
It’s crazy the amount of things we need hard coded into the penal code just because some people lack decency, decorum and common sense…
Monday through Friday from 8am - 5pm my time belongs to my employer. Anything outside those hours belongs solely to ME.
And that's why you'll only ever make what "they" pay you.
....and you NEVER use your employers time for anything but work, right???
@@pzm958....no, do you?
@Rm9sbG93ZXJz I can't tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me.
@@pzm958 ….and you NEVER understaff just to save a few bucks for yourself, right???
Then dont answer.
Do you use your cell/ mobile for any reason while at work? If not, then you have a right to not answer
Then the boss will go to your station and ask why you ignored the call
@@jdos5643"I just spent 40 hours of my week with you. Go away."
pink slip goes brr
@@pzm958that doesn't matter. If you're off the clock, you don't have to answer the phone for your employer. That's your time. Everyone even managers play on their phones while working.
This is why I left a trash job. Whenever something happened at work you were screwed bc the manager didn’t answer on his “ day off” and neither did the other “ supervisors”. I Left
I thought it was going to say "The right to NOT EXPECT A TIP"! It would be good to be done with that finally.
The fact some people already think they don't have the right is crazy 😂 I've had that right my whole life. Smh
If you're on call, you better answer that phone. But after my 8 I hit the gate.
Why do they even need to make a law just don't answer your phone what's wrong with people.
America is sick. Other countries have an even worse work culture.
because boss be like "hey answer me or ur fired!"
I've never worked a place and was made to come in it's a choice not mandated
I was punished for not answering my phone after working hours. I go to the gym and do other personal things. During a performance review, I was told that I wasn't a "team player" and didn't go "above and beyond" and was passed over for promotion despite having the most experience on the team.
Here's your pink slip.
“Yeah, I’m going to need you to come in to work tomorrow and Sunday too”. Reminds me where that came from.
I am in Texas and we ALWAYS have the right to disconnect. Is there a state where this is not allowed? If any state, it would be California.
I can see this going in a bad direction very quickly
I totally back this for everyone.
You guys actually answer the call?
I’ve been letting it ring since I started working 14 years ago in 2009 🤣😂🤷🏻♂️
I've only answered a call from my boss once, just answered it and farted on it for her to hear.
When I came back the next day, she just laughed and assumed it was me butt dialing her. 😅
If youre not getting paid, you cant be controlled.
I see this backfiring just like everything else in California. Vote no!!!
This is such a waste of a bill. Your boss calls after work hours? Simple, let it go to voicemail.
Well they probably want to attach a bunch of riders to the bill that have nothing to do with anything...
Sure - then they can you because 'you weren't available.'
Then you get fired.
Easy Peasy
face penalties from your employer.
Simple as 1,2,3
When was this in my teen years? 😭 My boss called me EVERY single one of my days off
Chill out you’re still alive glass man
It’s called not answering
@@bigminifridge My boss used to ask me why I ignored his calls (when I did). It’s easy for someone to say to just tell them it’s none of there business, but we both know that’s not how it works if you want to keep the job. I always had to make up believable excuses and it was hella annoying. THAT’S WHY I made that comment- didn’t know it would strike a nerve with so many people 😂 People on here really need to get a life
I don't answer before or after work.. It's my time 🤦🏽♂️
That's not a bad idea your boss cannot contact you when you're not working this will feel better to everybody so they can have peace with their family
I think we need to address the issue that people aren’t getting married and having children anymore first. We aren’t replacing the death rate in this country.
At my first job, I'd get called to work on Saturdays. I changed my phone number and when I was asked for the new one, I just said that I worked to live and not lived to work.
Then I just refused to give them my new number.
After, they'd just tell me to work on Saturdays while at work. Went and started getting allergy shots on Saturdays as to have an excuse as to not show up. Then I stopped getting the shots because I hate needles and just didn't tell anyone at work about it lol
hehe, that sounded like a curb your enthusiasm clip!
U do have the right. U have clocked off ..
Unfortunately, companies have been squeezing their employees on their time off, and threaten to fire them if they don't work after hours.
When you are clocked in - any personal use of company time?? On the cellphone much? Cruising the web? Checking social?
@@pzm958.....no, why do you keep assuming that?
@@willieverusethisit works both ways… employees and free to quit if they don’t like calls after hours
@@neonnoir9692 Because I have yet to see or find an employee that doesn't!! In over 40 years of management experience!!
You don’t need a “right to disconnect” when you already can. This bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Just another way to control private industry, and destroy one business at a time in the process...
@@timothykearns2232"What? They're banning child labor? Theybare infringing on my rights!"
@@jackcarraway4707 ha!
🙋🏾♂️ I used to tell my supervisors that I have been drinking and I can't come back to
work. ( I didn’t and don't drink )
My employers called couple times in 20 years. If they called it's really something important. Government pits employees against employers, tenants against landlords, wives against husbands, students against professors, haves against have nots, Democrats against Republicans. A nation under stress and shorten life expectancy.
I don’t need no law to say I don’t have to pick up the phone ,so stupid,if I clocked out of work that means I’m no longer required to answer or do anything work related
I told my boss if you need me overtime I need two hour in an advance (2 hours before I clock out). If they can’t I cannot work overtime
A few years back CA implemented "on-call" pay where if you are not salary you get minimum wage for every hour you are on-call and not working. This simply enhances that where if an employee is expected to be "on-call" they should be compensated properly. I went from 60+hr/weeks to working a 4/10 schedule. Off time is critical and needs to be promoted in our society more. I wish I learned that much sooner.
What boss? People are getting laid off and bosses are losing their businesses in CA.
Is this a joke? You don’t have to answer your phone for anyone… WTF is this crap???
Why do people accept such bad jobs to begin with? So thankful I work for a smaller company. Monday - Friday 8:30am-5:00pm. Weekends and holidays off. I gross $94k a year. No contracts. No NDAs to sign or any of that stupidity. I’ve NEVER been bothered outside of business hours. Been here 10 years now and couldn’t be happier.
If your not paying me for after hours stand by, I'm not answering after hours.
How about lowering taxes.
It depends on the job. My dad worked in IT and if the server went down (power outage etc) or other emergency at the office, he was the guy who had to go and deal with it after-hours because our home was closest to the office. But the vast majority of jobs don't need to contact employees after hours unless the employee is okay with it (like working an extra shift etc). The most employers should be allowed to do is leave a message to employees who are not interested in dealing with work outside of working hours. I have never had a boss that I ever wanted to contact me after work, for any reason. If they want me to work an extra shift, they can ask me when I am clocked on.
Agreed. This isn't an issue with most companies. It really applies to those that abuse it and, unfortunately, it's usually to employees who aren't paid much to begin with. It's the same employers who will skimp you on your overtime pay.
Yep, my dad was an on call firefighter and EMT when I was growing up. We had siren hooked up in the kitchen to alert him of emergency calls as at night. This was usually for bigger calls that required extra man power beyond who was on-duty at the station.
That is different and agreed to.
I don't need a bill to tell me to answer or not! I just don't answer.
BS. No one has to answer a phone if they don't want to.
This bill shows you how egotistical some companies and corporations can be. Why is it an issue for your employees to have a life outside of work lal smh🤷🏽♂️⁉️
More people need jobs they love and they wouldn’t mind picking up the phone. Even if it means a few extra minutes of work because it just feels good to work.
I’ve been doing this for yrs and I’m 43 😂😂 I can’t believe people have to fight for this! Absurd.
People are such sheep, it's pathetic..
You know you live in a dystopian world when they have to come up with a law like this. 🙄
Why do they think they need this law. I already have the right to disconnect. The boss does not own me.
That's the biggest curse of the cell phone, being on call 24/7, around the clock!
Thats a different story i guess.. sorry pick up 🤷🏻
Thats what you signed up for?
Since you agreed to be on-call…
KTLA calls anything that benefits workers "Controversial". We Work to live, not live to work.
If the trend continues, San Francisco Assemblyman, will have no need to push his "right to disconnect' law. If companies keep leaving San Francisco at the current rate, there will be no bosses left to make after hour calls.
Makes no sense
Maybe people should leave.
The fine is too low.
A lot of companies would rather pay the $100 fine to the state for nothing in return than pay the employee $50 to be available
If this is a problem, the employee is either lazy or keeps making mistakes at work. As a salary employee, I signed up for it when accepting the job in the first place. This is just another law to chase companies out of California.
If one of my BOSSES is calling me after hours I am responding. I can count the number of times this has happened on two hands in 20 years and each time was a definite emergency.
It depends on what job a person has. Some are very important but I doubt the guy flipping burgers is gonna get an actual emergency call from their boss
Wait I been doing this for years, I wasn't supposed to? I'm being serious I ignore all work calls because of separation of work and home. So I could of lost my job?
We’re fine bro 😂 your boss likes you enough to not harass you 😂
❤ " separation of work and home" 😂
I was punished for not answering my phone after working hours. I go to the gym and do other personal things. During a performance review, I was told that I wasn't a "team player" and didn't go "above and beyond" and was passed over for promotion despite having the most experience on the team.
@@TheBigExclusive …time to find another job, my friend. You deserve better than them.
Others have.
I'm my Boss, so I don't call myself after hours.😄
Lol 😅
Lucky you!😊
What happens if you lose your work phone and call to find it? Gavin Nuisance will fine you $100 per missed call 😅
Selling Crack isn't a job.
Those who are not on board are the employers who don’t pay you to be on call and threaten to fire you if you aren’t available 24/7.
"California could be the first state to put another useless law in place because the rest of the country ignores work calls when they're not on the clock anyway"
there. i fixed your news headline. Nobody answers work calls off the clock unless that was specifically part of the contract when you were hired.
Man California is so stupid.
Unless stated otherwise that your contract is an 'on-call' position 24/7 - once your scheduled contracted shift is over and you clock out? No requirement to respond to your employer is needed.
The fact that it’s California has nothing to do with it. In practically every state there is something called “at-will employment”. Meaning employers can fire you at any time for any reason, not answering the phone included.
If anything California is pushing FOR what you just stated. The thing holding it back is the same thing that exists in every state, businesses and employers that believe they own the employee.
Right to work states allow the employer to fire you for not picking up. Good luck bringing your "contract" to court.
Specifically to prohibit and make illegal retaliation and firing of employees for not answering their phone off the clock this is an objective win for all American citizens