Ontario’s newest buzzy legislation, just passed yesterday – it (mostly) bans noncompete clauses. It also, like the recent European reforms, requires employers to let employees disconnect after the workplace (no late-night emails). The act is called Working for Workers and it passed with all-party suppor:
https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1001032/working-for-workers-act-2021
The right to disconnect is spreading and will fascinating to watch how it unfolds especially given how connected, and how we are working more and more remotely, we all are.
Posted by Orly Lobel on December 1, 2021 at 04:58 PM