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[quote=Anonymous]I think you received really got advice OP. You need to ask AP to leave her phone and watch in her room during her shift.

I have an Apple watch myself which I looooove, but I am a business owner and always on the go between one sales and one recruiting meeting. It's an important productivity tool for me. What an 20 something would need an apple watch for in a foreign country while caring for children beats me..

Am I reading between the lines or is she coming from money and perhaps a bit spoiled? iPhone and watches are not cheap abroad. And constantly texting your worried mom even about the weather? Despite whatever you do about the electronics, I am concerned that you might have someone with a less ideal profile as an AP...

But regardless OP, baby steps, start with your rules about the phone. I just put together an employee handbook for my business. This is fairly normal practice in the workplace. Here is the sample cell phone policy I used as the starting point (note the last sentence):

The use of personal cell phones at work is discouraged because it can interfere with work and be disruptive to others. Therefore, employees who bring personal cell phones to work are required to keep the ringer shut off or placed on vibrate mode when they are in the office, and to keep cell phone use confined to breaks and meal periods. Conversations should be had away from areas where other employees are working. When cell phone use interferes with the satisfactory performance of an employee's duties or disturbs others, the privilege of using a personal cell phone at work may be taken away and other disciplinary action, up to and including termination, may be imposed.

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