On 19 November, Chile’s parliamentarians overwhelmingly approved (142 votes for and 3 abstentions) draft legislation instigating the ‘right to digitally disconnect’. The initiative will require altering both the Labor Code (for private sector workers) and the Administrative Statute (Estatuto Administrativo for public sector workers), by way of the addition of the ‘right to digitally disconnect’ for all workers in Chile, both public and private sector employees and including those working under outsourcing arrangements.
French model. Article 21b of the Labor Code will guarantee ‘respect for rest time, leave days and time for a private and family life.’ The parliamentarian who originated the draft legislation, Raul Soto, (ex center-right Christian Democrat Party member, and since October a member of the center–left Party for Democracy PPD), affirmed that the catalyst for his proposal was the French experience with the right to disconnect being included in the law reforming the Labor Code that was adopted in Jul
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