They said it: Do not disturb?

“I would never want my boss to feel they couldn’t reach out to me because of legislation. That would be tough in Silicon Valley. Can you imagine?”

— Victoria Ortiz, 46, an accountant at a San Jose medical devices company, on a proposed law that would give workers a right not to be bothered by their bosses outside of regular work hours. Her boss texted her while she vacationed at Disneyland in France, but she didn’t mind the intrusion.