Over the holiday weekend, France passed a new labour law granting French employees the "right to disconnect" from phones and computers when their workdays are complete. That means no work emails, reply-alls, or last minute deadlines after hours, which sounds near fantastical.

The new law requires businesses with over 50 employees to negotiate boundaries for how time is spent out of office, like designating hours when employees are not required to respond to work-related, or prohibiting the "reply all" function outside the office, according to The New York Times. "These measures are designed to ensure respect for rest periods and... balance between work and family and personal life," the Ministry of Labour said.

It's makes particularly enviable reading for workers in the United States, where workplaces are rife with insufficient family leave, weak overtime laws, and a fiscal glass ceiling,. In the U.S., Glassdoor found that 61 percent of employees conduct work business while on holiday, and a survey commissioned by Adobe Software found that 87 percent of employees check emails outside of work, contributing to the average 6.3 hours spent on emails every day.

There's no reason those last 20 emails can't wait until the morning.

From: Esquire US