Overtime limited to reform work
In many offices, official working hours can be hugely frustrating; particularly since unpaid overtime is now usually expected and work emails from bosses are known to find their way to employees’ smartphones at all hours. However, change is now afoot as a group of employees working at car giant Volkswagen has decided to take a […]
In many offices, official working hours can be hugely frustrating; particularly since unpaid overtime is now usually expected and work emails from bosses are known to find their way to employees’ smartphones at all hours. However, change is now afoot as a group of employees working at car giant Volkswagen has decided to take a stand.
Attempting to put a halt to work out of factory hours, the company’s works council teamed up with the trade union to strike up an agreement with Volkswagen that will see the email functions of Blackberries issued by the company being disabled outside of office hours. The affected group of employees will only have to endure receiving emails 30 minutes before their working day starts, and 30 minutes after it has finished. Expert’s believe that the knock-on effects could improve workers efficiency.
