Brian O'Donovan reports that a code of practice for the right to request remote working is to be strengthened as part of a review by the Government: "The Department of Enterprise is to recommend that the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) revises the code to ensure employers give comprehensive and transparent reasons for their remote working decisions. The proposed changes would also see the code providing clearer templates and guidance for employees applying for remote work."
Responding, Dr Laura Bambrick of ICTU said the review was "out of touch with reality" after it concluded that no legislative change is deemed necessary: "The review's 'too soon to tell’ conclusion on whether the Act needs amending confirms what unions strongly suspected going into the evaluation process - it was being done to tick a box so that the issues around access to remote can be put to bed."
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