At a time when several large organisations are mulling over enforcing longer work hours, NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule on Monday tabled the Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha.

According to Sule, who shared a clip of her tabling the bill on X, it “fosters a better quality of life and a healthier work-life balance by reducing the burnout caused by today's digital culture.”

According to the Bill, the ‘right to disconnect’ means that while the employer may contact the employee after work hours, the latter is not obliged to reply. It also proposes that a refusal to be available round-the-clock will not result in disciplinary action.

Sule had proposed a similar measure in 2019, before the Covid pandemic made remote work ubiquitous. What are key aspects of Bill?

The Right to Disconnect Bill,

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