According to The Huffington Post. E-mail, cellphones and other communication technologies have made people’s work more flexible. However, these also make employees disturbed by their bosses after work. Accumulating over a long period, employees will be exhausted by this kind of work style. In order to carry out “Knock Off is Off”, the German Labor Minister Andrea Nahles is generating a legislation that would ban employers from contacting workers after office hours.

Andrea told the media that the mental sickness has a undeniable relationship with the work-related stress. Therefore, she is in charge of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to work out whether it is possible to set load thresholds. She also admits that, there will be a big difficulty to carry out this legislation.

In Germany, it has already been illegal for employers to contact their employees during holidays. For example, some large enterprises like BMW, has already carried out the prohibition for directors to ban them contact their workers after work.

Andrea Nahles also appeals that, the country should put forward the legislation, and protocol a standard with absolute commitments and the availability to carry out broadly. Knock off is off.

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