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No, in the EU too and it's legal. They pay extra though <3

Definitely not legal in many of the large economies any more. France, Spain, Italy, Portual, Belgium and Ireland have have all adopted so called "Right to disconnect" laws. In Germany it's not categorically outlawed but employees have no obligation to respond off-hours.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/01/right-to-...

May of course be the case that some companies skirt the rules because they are relatively new and awareness might not be there.

I think you are confusing "respond off-hours emails" and on-call. I work in Germany and I'm contractually obligated to respond when I'm on-call.

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