Comments by "BrickTop" (@bricktop7803) on "Is Your Time Your Own? - No Contact After Hours" video.
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It is true everywhere else, except the US. When you finish at 5 pm, thats it. No email, no phone calls, no txt..it is NOT permitted.
If you pay a few employees standby wages, they may be available. If your employer contacts you and asks one question, they then have to pay you a full days wage, again, that is what stand-by is about.
In every case, you cannot contact your employees out of hours. There is no urgency or emergency for contact. if you encounter problems outwith office hours, it is up to you to employ more people to cover that shift.
In Europe the Max anyone can work is 48 hours, more than that and you as an employer are breaking the law. This is why there is a mass migration of US clinicians to Europe and the UK, a better quality of life. That and the mandatory 30 days paid leave every year. They pay less income tax than you guys and free health and social care.
Do you really want to be seen by a doctor that puts in 60 hours shifts every week??
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