New Bill will give employee right to ‘disconnect’ calls from work

A proposed legislation that seeks to allow employees not to entertain work-related calls and emails outside work hours, as well as one to exempt Tamil Nadu from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, were among a slew of private members’ legislation introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday (December 5, 2025).

The ‘Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025’ which proposes to establish an employees’ welfare authority to confer the right on every employee to disconnect from work-related telephone calls and emails beyond work hours and on holidays, was introduced by Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule.

Congress MP Kadiyam Kavya moved another bill, the ‘Menstrual Benefits Bill, 2024’, which proposes to provide certain facilities at the work place for women employees, to help during menstruation, by laying down a legal framework.

NEET exemption

Congress MP Manickam Tagore introduced a bill to exempt Tamil Nadu from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, while DMK’s Kanimozhi Karunanidhi introduced a bill to abolish the death penalty.

Mr. Tagore also introduced two more Bills. One of them seeks to establish state-of-the-art sports infrastructure, including training centres and recreational facilities, in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu (Establishment of Sports Infrastructure in Virudhunagar Bill, 2024). The other seeks to further amend the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, to provide for the establishment of Fire Factories in Virudhunagar, aimed at improving operational clarity, safety, sustainability, and expanding economic opportunities. (Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2024 – Amendment of Section 2, etc.)

Except in a few cases, most of the private member bills are withdrawn after the government replies to the proposed law.