Mumbai: Mumbai-based activists have urged the Maharashtra government to enact the Right to Disconnect Act for protection of private sector employees from employer's unreasonable demands post official working hours.

Inspired by Kerala’s Move

The demand comes a few weeks after Kerala proposed the bill to give legal right to private sector employees to refuse work-related communication outside of official working hours and protect them from penalties for doing so.

Mumbai-based Watchdog Foundation wrote to Maharashtra chief minister, chief secretary and principal secretary of labour department to follow Kerala's step and enact a similar law to protect interests of private sector employees.

Work-Life Balance Concerns Highlighted

Calling Kerala's introduction of the bill as a progressive a

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