NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule, on Friday, reintroduced her Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, renewing her push to protect employees from being compelled to respond to work-related calls and emails beyond office hours.

The draft legislation proposes giving workers the legal right to ignore official communication outside designated working hours without facing disciplinary action, a safeguard the Baramati MP argues is essential in an “always-on” digital workplace.

Sule’s proposal centres on creating clearer boundaries between professional and personal time. It mandates:

>> Right to refuse after-hours calls, messages and emails without repercussions.

>> Setting up an Employees’ Welfare Authority to implement and monitor the right to disconnect.

>> A national baseline study to

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