Do UK organisations have a right-to-disconnect or out-of-hours communication policy?

68.9%No

68.9% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on right-to-disconnect policy (base: 264 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether the organisation sets expectations limiting out-of-hours contact, via a formal right-to-disconnect policy, informal guidance, or neither. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.