An Analytical Study On The Right To Disconnect With Special Emphasis On India’s Right To Disconnect Bill, 2025

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Sai Prarthana M, School of Excellence in Law, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai

ABSTRACT

The right to disconnect is the right of an employee to be unavailable and disconnect from work-related communication after the hours of employment. This right was introduced into India’s legislative framework, by Bill No.51 of 2025 in the winter session of the Parliament of India which started in December, 2025. At its nascent stage, the right, as of now, is not legally enforceable, but the Bill surely, though slowly, is a harbinger of the right into India’s framework. This article studies the various aspects of the right, by offering a multitudinous analysis with respect to the scientific repercussions of stress, depression and anxiety resulting out of over-work, cited by research papers to the right’s recognition, enforcement and protection of the right in the international arena. The article studies the Bill in detail, starting with its aim and object to the establishment of an Employees’ Welfare Authority to formulating charters which deal with the terms and conditions of employment to protect the welfare and mental, physical and emotional well- being of not only the worker employed, but also his family and dear ones who are dependent on him. The article concludes the present legal status of the Bill with respect to the enactment of the newly enforced labour codes with respect to its recognition, enforcement and protection.

Keywords: Right to Disconnect – Employees’ Welfare Authority – Labour Codes – Charter – Article 14

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