No More Late-Night Emails! How Right to Disconnect Bill Empowers Employees

On December 5, 2025 Lok Sabha MP, Supriya Sule From the Nationalist Congress party introduced the Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha.

The Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 is a bill to establish the right of employees to disconnect from work-related telephone calls and emails after work hours and on holidays.

Supriya Sule also posted about this on her social media platform X (Previously Known as Twitter), she added “fosters a better quality of life and a healthier work-life balance by reducing the burnout caused by today’s digital culture”. Apart from the Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 she also introduced two other private member’s bills-Paternity and Paternal Benefits Bill, 2025.

Know How the Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 can help you as an Employee?

The Following are benefits of the Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 which can help you as an employee:

1. Employees can choose not to take calls or answer emails after their work hours are over.
2. They don’t have to respond to their boss or company once their official work time has ended.
3. If an employee agrees to work after hours, they must be paid extra for that additional work.
4. No employee can be punished for not responding after work hours.
5. The Bill suggests creating “digital detox centres” where people can get help to reduce stress from using phones, laptops, and other digital tools.
6. Companies may have to pay a fine of 1% of their total employee salary budget if they break these rules.

Introduced three forward-looking Private Member Bills in the Parliament:

The Paternity and Paternal Benefits Bill, 2025, introduces paid paternal leave to ensure fathers have the legal right to take part in their child’s early development. It breaks the traditional model,… pic.twitter.com/YjrWw4LFwf

— Supriya Sule (@supriya_sule) December 5, 2025