The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the death of a chartered accountant from Kerala in Pune allegedly due to excessive workload.

Shashi Tharoor said that he will raise the issue of legislating a fixed calendar for all workplaces in the next Parliament session.

The death of Anna Sebastian, a 26-year-old Chartered Accountant employed at Ernst & Young (EY) in Pune, allegedly due to extreme work pressure, has sparked a dialogue on workplace burnout. Fatigue, sleeplessness, and frequent illness are early signs to watch out for in cases of burnout and exhaustion due to workplace stress, experts advise.

EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani has expressed regret for the company missing Anna Sebastian's funeral, a staffer who reportedly

Anna Sebastian Perayil, who passed her CA exams in 2023, worked at EY Pune office for four months before she succumbed

"Anna was a part of the Audit team at SR Batliboi, a member firm of EY Global, in Pune for a brief period of four months, joining the firm on 18 March 2024. That her promising career was cut short in this tragic manner is an irreparable loss for all of us," EY said in the statement.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said that he will raise the issue of legislating a fixed calendar for all workspaces that would not exceed eight hours a day, five days a week. He commented after he met with the father of the 26-year-old employee at Ersnt&Young who died of cardiac arrest,

Sibi Joseph, father of the late Anna Sebastian Perayil, has spoken about his daughter's death due to work-related stress at EY. He disclosed that Anna faced severe sleep and food deprivation. Her mother's letter to EY's chairman highlighted the excessive workload on newcomers,