Following on from the sudden lifting of many public health restrictions and amongst a flurry of reports of employees being overwhelmingly in favour of continuing to work from home, the draft scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2022 was published on 25 January 2022. We look at what this proposed legislation will mean for employers and employees and conclude that, in its current form, it leaves employers very much in the driving seat.
The aim of this proposed legislation is, to use the words of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment Mr Leo Varadkar, “to get to a position whereby remote working / home working becomes a choice and that employers facilitate that [choice] provided the business gets done”.
In our latest publication, we look at what the proposed legislation will mean for employees and employers.
For further information in relation to this topic, please contact Brid NicSuibhne, associate or any member of ALG's Employment team.
This article was first published on 26 January 2022
