Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
What do we know about limiting after-hours availability expectations and work-related connectivity? A systematic review of interventions and policies
Originally published 2026-02-06 · Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health · DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4277 ↗
Workplace evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about a disconnection policy supported by active implementation; the original evidence concerns 12 studies with 2306 participants across national, organizational, supervisor and employee interventions.
Examines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Is a right to disconnect enough without a change in everyday expectations?
This reading brings limits on after-hours availability, implementation quality and the fit of disconnection policies into the independence pathway. The systematic review of interventions and policies offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
12 studies with 2306 participants across national, organizational, supervisor and employee interventions
Age / stage: Adult work literature; not a child study
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess intervention types and how connectivity was limited?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about small effects, weak overall methodological quality and person-environment fit?
- What would need to be checked before adopting a disconnection policy supported by active implementation?
Keep the limits in view
The evidence base is small, heterogeneous and generally weak; many policies showed limited or no effects and no single model is established as best.
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Wendy Nilsen; Tanja Nordberg; Kristine Lescoeur; Mari Holm Ingelsrud; Cathrine Egeland (2026). What do we know about limiting after-hours availability expectations and work-related connectivity? A systematic review of interventions and policies Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4277
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