Digital disconnection makes it possible to guarantee that the right to maximum working hours of those employees who are performing remote work is respected, as well as a limit between working hours and personal life. In Peru, 29% of companies have measured the impact of remote work on their employees’ work-life balance, according to the study “Reinventing the Benefits”, prepared by Marsh.
According to provisions of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE), digital disconnection has been a right in Peru for about a year. As a result, since the beginning of 2021, about 50% of the organizations in the country have implemented or were in the process of implementing policies to comply with this right.
Under the context of COVID-19 and the strict social distancing measures that were established during the first year of the pandemic, digital disconnection became a tool to balance the personal and professional lives of workers. This measure contemplated that employees should be disconnected for at least 12 continuous hours in a 24-hour period.
“The remote work caused by the pandemic has caused the connection time to be intensified and lengthened for the development of professional activity and the limit between personal and work life has been lost sight of,” said Akio Murakami, central manager of Consulting and Marsh Peru benefits.
Organizational leaders saw the need to understand the impact of telecommuting on the personal lives of their employees. To this end, 80% of Peruvian companies carried out perception surveys, 10% carried out psychosocial evaluations, and 5% have carried out mental health screenings.
This measurement still represents a great challenge for companies, however, it makes it possible to determine what the consequences of long working hours could be for the mental health of workers and what is its impact on productivity. Within this framework, 74% of Peruvian organizations have established awareness-raising actions for their leaders.
“Companies should not forget that teleworking must go hand in hand with understanding the different realities of employees. A clear example is that of women who tend to assume a greater burden of domestic chores while working and require the established time after completing their work activity. This is the only way to boost the family / work balance ”, added Akio Murakami.
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