India, Dec. 6 -- Supriya Sule, Lok Sabha MP from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), introduced a private member's bill in the lower house on Friday seeking legal right for employees to ignore work-related calls and emails beyond office hours.

The bill, named Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, was tabled in the Parliament on Friday and seeks establishment of an employees' welfare authority to protect their right, if granted, of not being legally bound to entertain work-related electronic commnunication after office hours or on holidays.

The Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, a private member's bill introduced by the NCP MP, proposes to "establish employees' welfare authority to confer the right on every employee to disconnec...