November 2022
The bill regarding the right to work from home has been amended and is now "fit for purpose", according to ICTU.
Social Policy Officer with ICTU Laura Bambrick said the bill was "roundly criticised" as it was "fundamentally flawed" in giving employers unfettered ability to turn down a request and made no reference to employees in the legislation.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, she said the two main issues that ICTU had concerns with were that there were 13 grounds where employers could refuse a request for working from home and that the bill did not allow a worker to take a case to the Workplace Relations Commission to appeal a decision.
The draft bill has been scrapped, according to Ms Bambrick, and the new workers' rights around requesting remote working is to be included in an amendment in a piece of legislation that is already at an advanced stage of making its way through the Oireachtas – the Workplace Balance Bill.
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Source:
www.rte.ie