“The remote work, or hybrid working arrangements that came about as a result of Covid, they now see that as an entitlement, which it isn’t” - the words of Síobhra Rush, head of the Dublin office of UK employment law firm Lewis Silkin, while the Indo had this yesterday, on the rise on the number of workers with no pension arrangements in place.

Elsewhere, there's been media coverage of the aftermath of former ICTU chief David Begg's resignation from his role as chair of the Mater Hospital, following a clash with health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, and coverage of Kenny Jacobs' expected departure from the DAA continues.

Meanwhile, broadcaster Colm Ó Mongáin has told a tribunal he overheard an RTÉ manager direct a supervisor not to give shift work to a video editor after she made a formal request for more secure working conditions.

While the bar being is set low for anything that looks like good news from the US, this will do for today.

Your Zen this morning is a tune from Rhiannon Giddens, who I had the pleasure of seeing last week at the National Concert Hall. She sang this Paul Simon song, which was powerful. 

Have a great day.

NS