In a significant step toward improving work–life balance for employees in India, NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule has introduced a private member’s Bill in the Lok Sabha. The proposed legislation seeks to give employees the right to refuse work-related calls or emails outside designated working hours.

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Titled “The Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025,” the Bill proposes penalties on companies or societies for violating its provisions, imposing sanctions amounting to 1 per cent of an employee’s total remuneration for any non-compliance.

Taking to social media platform X, Sule said, “It aims to foster a better quality of life and a healthier work-life balance by reducing the burnout caused by today’s digital culture.”

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