Government Schemes and Policy · 9 December 2025

Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 grants employees legal right to ignore after-hours work calls and emails

Exam-focused facts from the 9 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • The bill proposes creation of an Employees’ Welfare Authority 'tasked with ensuring that employees are not obligated to respond to work-related communications once the official workday concludes.'
  • Employees will have 'the right to refuse any work-related calls or emails after work hours and on holidays, with no repercussions for such refusals.'
  • Companies with more than 10 employees must 'negotiate terms regarding after-hours work with unions or employee representatives' and pay overtime at 'the normal wage rate.'
  • Non-compliant companies face 'a fine amounting to 1% of the total remuneration paid to their employees.'

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