Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament (MP) from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday, seeking a legal right for employees to ignore work-related communication beyond duty hours. The Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 seeks the setting up of an employees' welfare authority to protect their right, if granted, of not being legally bound to answer work-related calls and messages after office hours or on holidays.

What does the bill propose?

The Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, which is a private member's bill, proposes to "establish employees' welfare authority to confer the right on every employee to disconnect from work-related telephone calls and emails beyond work hours and on holidays." According to Sule, the proposed law "fosters a

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