France already has a strictly enforced 35 hour work. Now, French workers are getting even more assistance with establishing a work-life balance in the form of a new “right to disconnect” law that requires companies with 50 or more employees to grant their workers the right to not answer emails outside of regular work hours.

There's widespread agreement that boundary between work time and personal time has been eroded in the digital age, with the ability of companies to email and text their employees at any time – and expect an answer – being described by some as a “digital leash.”