The objective of the HSE Policy is to highlight that all public health service employees have a right to disconnect from work outside of their normal working hours and to set out the rights and obligations of employers and employees in this regard.

The policy complements and supports health service employers’ and employees’ rights and obligations under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act 2005, and the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994, as amended.