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Rights should be restrictions on government. Not mandates on personal and private business behavior.

I'm not even sure what is driving this. The EU already has a very lax work ethic. Is there really a problem in Europe with people having to be connected when not at work? What about the jobs that require a person be on-call?

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That may be a cultural difference. You may see the EU as having a "very lax work ethic", but in my experience working in the EU, they see America (and Britain) as having an unhealthy work obsession.

(Work to live vs live to work, perhaps.)

Yes, it's completely nuts that government regulates how I can deliver my work to my employer.

Such rules serve only the government.

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