Workers After Hours

After reading Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz’s informative article “Should workers get overtime for answering emails after hours?” published in the Chicago Tribune, the writer's informs the reader with the new work issues. The article talks about keeping up with work, like answering emails and phone calls even though you are receiving compensation for it. Throughout, presents the information with little to none emotions or expressive language that would perused the reader for or against reviving over time for after hour phone calls and emails. Alexia does present the information and data in a favorable aspect towards the employee versus the employer. Although Alexia did share that due to her cells phone she feel unable to escape work after she clocks
Ruiz brings up is having employers shut off technology or make new policies to reach an agreement between them and their employees would help settle this feud. Many employees do not mind taking calls at night or finishing up with work after hours because it makes them feel like they are getting ahead of the next work day and it relaxes their work anxieties. As Brad Karsh explains in his interview “getting through my emails at 10 tonight makes my day tomorrow easier.” But although employees will seem willing to do such task voluntarily it doesn’t protect the employer from receiving a lawsuit down the road when difficult situations arises such as being let go or falling into a financial hardship. On the flip side, it could also protect the employee from disciplinary consequences for whether they take that late night email or let it wait till the next work day. Setting policies will help protect employers and employee for any disputes that could possibly arise. Carsten Krebs the director of communications of Volkswagen AG, expounds her company cuts off corporate emails after work hours so their employees won’t feel the pressure to finish work after hours as well as being capable to stop workaholics’ bad habits. She states that is a “huge
“If you really want to shut down the workaholics, you have to do it firm-wide by setting that example," Kelly explains how an employer should set boundaries within the company to inhibit the employee’s temptations. Like at JB Training Karsh tell his employees even though they might receive late night emails that they “not expected to check or respond to emails once they leave work.” If employees recognize from the start that they are expected not to check their email after work then they will not feel pressure from the manifest of emails that are adding