"Ensuring workers' right to rest periods is a core issue of labour law and a significant element of just working conditions. Therefore, working hours have been limited and minimum rest periods have been ensured by rules established on international and EU level. However, the concept of rest period and the rules securing this right are challenged by digitalisation and the use of ICT tools at the workplace which changes how working time and rest periods are perceived by blurring the line between them. Constant connectivity makes it difficult to distinguish working time from rest periods. While employees require a certain amount of flexibility in organising their working hours, it is important to provide them continuous and uninterrupted rest periods. In this paper, I will attempt to analyse the definition of the right to rest period and the risks of digitalisation on such periods as well as the responses to these risks on national and EU level."

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