EU: Parliament’s Employment Committee adopts resolution on the right to disconnect

A resolution for a right to disconnect, which was proposed in July by the Maltese MEP Alex Saliba, was adopted on 1 December by MEPs in the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. The resolution is expected to be voted on at a plenary session in January next year. The resolution demands that the European Commission propose a directive that enshrines the right to disconnect and sets out what that directive would include. If the resolution is adopted, the Commission will be required to either propose a text or justify its refusal to do so.