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I take my bosses calls after work because I like her, and she is very busy and I know it is a convenient time for her.

She wouldn’t mind if I ignored her call after hours because I was at the pub :)

So if we talk about standards, "my boss can call me out of hours when it is convenient for them and I will make a spot judgement about my availability" appears to be the standard you work to. Which is cool. A little looser than my preferred standard but hey; everyone is a little different. But the law now seems to be that this is illegal and you can launch some sort of action against your company for engaging in this activity. With, for a brief moment, criminal penalties for the the people involved. That seems to me like either a stupid law or a poorly thought out one.

And I'd encourage your boss not to do that if I were you. It was already bad practice and there isn't any point in her taking legal risks.

I believe the new legislation says, if GP were to be punished for not being available for such a call, that'd be illegal and they could launch some sort of action. This seems totally compatible with GP's policy; boss can call them outside hours, GP can respond, if GP doesn't respond there's no consequences.

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