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A&L Goodbody partner Michael Doyle welcomes the first WRC ruling on the right to request remote work. The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 was enacted in April 2023 and provides employees with a right to request remote work.

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The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has published a code of practice for employers and employees on the right to request flexible working and remote working. The 32-page document was published today following a public consultation last year, which drew responses from trade unions and employer r

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New employment entitlements for parents and carers will come into effect from next Monday, the government has announced. Part 1, Part 2, other than sections 7, 8, 12 (a), 13 and 14, and sections 32 to 39 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 will be commenced on Monday 3 Jul

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Alan Eustace examines the government's proposed new remote working legislation and whether it lives up to the hype. This week, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, headed by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, published the draft Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2022. This legislation w

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Employees will be given the statutory right to request remote working under new government legislation. Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste and minister for enterprise, trade and employment, yesterday published the general scheme of his Right to Request Remote Work Bill, which forms part of the government

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A new law in Portugal will prevent companies from contacting employees outside of working hours. Due to come into force soon, the law will protect the rights of remote workers and safeguard their family lives.

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The vast majority of Irish solicitors want hybrid working arrangements after the Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey by the Law Society of Ireland has found. According to a report produced by the Law Society's younger members' committee, 91 per cent of solicitors would prefer some form of hybrid working

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Insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM, which employs around 60 people in Belfast, has signed up to a flexible working charter launched by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI launched the #MakingFlexibleWork campaign earlier this year with the aim of increasing flexible working, i

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UK law firm TLT, which employs over 100 people at its Belfast office, has announced plans to introduce a new flexible working policy in keeping with the changes in working practices that have occurred over the past year. The firm’s approach includes three commitments: to provide more choice so

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Global legal business DWF has moved to smaller premises in Dublin as it anticipates most employees continuing to split time between the office and their homes after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. A business-wide workplace survey conducted in the first quarter of 2021 found that the overwhelming m

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The right to disconnect should be incorporated into Irish law through legislation, a new report has recommended. The 33-page report, from the Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), outlines the existing law and argues that it is insufficient to provide adequate an

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