HB 2133 — An Act providing for rights of employees and for filing complaints.

PRINTER'S NO.   2758

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        HOUSE BILL
                        No. 2133
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY SCOTT, OTTEN, SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, GIRAL, MADSEN AND
        CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, JANUARY 12, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 12, 2026


                                     AN ACT
 1   Providing for rights of employees and for filing complaints.
 2      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 3   hereby enacts as follows:
 4   Section 1.   Short title.
 5      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Right to
 6   Disconnect Act.
 7   Section 2.   Definitions.
 8      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
 9   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
10   context clearly indicates otherwise:
11      "Emergency."   An unforeseen situation that:
12          (1)   threatens an employee, customer or the public;
13          (2)   disrupts or shuts down operations; or
14          (3)   causes physical or environmental damage.
15      "Employer."    The term shall include any of the following that
16   employs 75 or more individuals, of which one individual is
17   located in this Commonwealth:
 1            (1)   Person, or an agent or officer of the person.
 2            (2)   Firm, or an agent or officer of the firm.
 3            (3)   Partnership, or an agent or officer of the
 4      partnership.
 5            (4)   Association, or an agent or officer of the
 6      association.
 7            (5)   Corporation, or an agent or officer of the
 8      corporation.
 9            (6)   Receiver, or an agent or officer of the receiver.
10            (7)   Agent or officer of a court of this Commonwealth.
11      "Nonworking hours."      Hours before or after an employee's
12   assigned hours of work.
13      "Pattern of violation."      Three or more documented instances
14   of an employer violating section 3.
15      "Right to disconnect."      Except as provided in section 3(b),
16   an employee's right to ignore communications from the employee's
17   employer during nonworking hours as established in accordance
18   with section 3(b)(1).
19   Section 3.     Right to disconnect.
20      (a)   Workplace policy.--Each employer shall establish a
21   workplace policy that provides employees the right to disconnect
22   from communications from the employer during nonworking hours.
23      (b)   Nonworking hours.--
24            (1)   Nonworking hours shall be established by written
25      agreement between an employer and employee.
26            (2)   An employer may contact an employee during
27      nonworking hours to communicate scheduling changes within a
28      24-hour period or for an emergency.
29   Section 4.     Complaint.
30      An employee may file a complaint with the Pennsylvania

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1   Department of Labor and Industry for a pattern of violations. If
2   the complaint is appealed, the complaint may be referred to the
3   Attorney General.
4   Section 5.   Effective date.
5      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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