Business Advocates Argue California’s ‘Right to Disconnect’ Bill is Overbroad

Dozens of business interests in California are opposing Assembly Bill 2751, which would allow employees to ignore after-hours communications from employers. Authored by Assemblyman Matt Haney, the measure would also impose civil penalties with fines of at least $100 per occurrence if patterns of behavior of such are identified through complaints filed by workers. “One should wonder where and how this bill originated,” John Kabateck, California state director for the National Federation of Independent Business—a nonprofit, nonpartisan association advocating for small businesses nationwide—told The Epoch Times April 22. “It’s either from an author who is completely out of touch with the reality of small business owners and workers in their own backyard, scheming attorneys seeking to make a quick shakedown, or a little bit of both.”...