WORK BEYOND WORKING HOURS? A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE RIGHT TO DISCONNECT BILL, 2025

In today digital era , employees are often expected to stay connected through calls and messages related to work even after working hours, disturbing their personal life and impacting their mental health. The right to disconnect bill 2025 seeks to address this issue maintaining work life balance for employees. The bill requires to create an employee welfare bodies in companies for framing policies for employees as well as assisting them in regards to work out of working hours. The bill is progressive step towards the modern need and changing work culture, on the other hand it gives discretion to individual companies to frame policies for work out of working hours, setting no minimum bar for it which makes it doubtful. However the success of the law depends on its implementation and effectiveness at the ground level.