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I never returned emails or answered my pager after hours; didn’t seem to hurt my career (Los Angeles; S&P 500 company).

I'm pretty sure that some (if not all) of Europe already had such laws, and i think some US states, too.

In the US, it didn't need to be codified into law, we just turn off the phone. Most business find out quickly if they don't leave their workers alone after hours, they won't have many good workers left. Unions stepping in also helps.

It very much applies here in the USA.

It works in the US too if you turn your phone off.

I believe it is a law in the US, and if people are being contacted off work hours its because they allow it. I cannot even send an email while I am off the clock or on lunch, and thats goes for the entire company. My prior job, the owner was forced to pay an employee compensation after they filed a claim with the Dept of Labor for making them respond to calls and emails off the clock. Again I believe its a law, companies just get a way with it.

Ontario Canada has one of these

Under US labor law hourly employees generally have to be given a (paid) shift of at least 3 hours if they work at all. I wonder what would happen if somebody filed a complaint about not being paid after a 5 or 10 minute phone call. Other than the possibility of being fired as an "at will" employee.

The U.S. has had this law for decades. FOR WAGE EARNERS, if your boss requires you to be responsive to phone calls, emails and texts, YOU ARE "ON CALL" and must be paid for being on call. This is different for SALARY earners, but they include only management and certain types of highly skilled workers, such as doctors or system administrators.

The U.S. already has this... you can't force employees to work off the clock, and if they're on call, you have to pay them. Please do a simple google search before you make up nonsense.

Anyone who answers calls or emails after working hours is a fool. It’s your own damn fault. Turn your phone off. Turn your laptop off. You are not required in the United States to answer calls or emails after hours.

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Don'i be an idiot. You don't know how it's done here.

No, but you also don't have to answer your phone if you're not working on whatever you've been contracted for. Unless stated explicitly in your contract, the contracting party can only dictate the task that needs to be done and the deadline for said task; everything else is up to you.

Right on!!

This is one of the reasons I love being an Aussie.

The core can be seen in the Northern hemisphere in the summer months, although the views are not a good as the one from Uluru. It's low to the southern horizon, but it is visible in most of North America.

I've seen it many times in the Texas sky and pretty sure in other places in the Northern hemisphere since I've never visited the Southern.

Me too. I live in Melbourne and the NT is the only state/territory I haven’t been to

In the US, they have this wonderful thing popularly referred to as Tree Law - do stupid sh-it like this and you're paying thousands in fines per tree and will have to replace every tree from your own purse under court order. The replacements have to be mature, and Tree Law has resulted in turds paying hundreds of thousands to over a million to fix their stupidity.

well...everywhere should follow suit, actually.

Why are you singling out the US? All countries should do this.

Agree! Totally genius!

Only if it was done illegally.

*confused beaver with wood ships in mouth* 🙃

Everywhere should follow suit!

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The US is busy manipulating us for the upcoming election

The only thing that would make this better is to name and shame the tree killers so they never get away with it again.

That makes me extremely happy. It's exactly the right response. People like that don't care one bit if they have to pay a fortune in fines but having to look at this will torment them.

Hi Deth, I'm Victorian and I'm pleased to report that logging has recently been banned state-wide 👍

Here in America I noticed many rural areas had more trash at the side of the roads than the cities. And all my life I assumed that people who live in the country have a stronger connection to the environment and would be more likely to take care of their land.

I see this a lot in Northeastern US. It's not perfect, since it can't tell trash vs leaves, but I guess leaves biodegrade, so in some cases it might be able to remain in place long enough to biodegrade?

The council goes around and picks them up. I think it’s every fortnight or every month to make sure it’s cleared out but they clear them out especially after heavy rainfall.

I was about to ask about that too!

These are storm water drains, fish don't tend to live in them.

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Yeah. There's one dolphin in Japan who, it's theorized, is behind an uptick in dolphin injuries there, because he keeps trying to play with us and doesn't realize we're not as tough as dolphins. I feel so bad for him. Internet Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240829000742/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02783-x.