Details of a new law which will give employees the right to request remote working, has been published today by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD as part of his plans to make better terms and conditions for workers a legacy of the pandemic. Right to Request Remote Work […]
Findings from the Consultation on Right to Request Remote Working Earlier this year saw the publication of a new National Remote Work Strategy by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD. to make remote and blended working a bigger part of life after the pandemic. The objective of the […]
A report on the submissions received from the Consultation on Right to Request Remote Working has been published.
Over €8.8 million in funding has been earmarked under the Connected Hubs Scheme. The funding will enable existing hubs and broadband connection points to enhance and add capacity to remote working infrastructure in every region across Ireland.
Ireland’s first national network of remote working hubs, Connected Hubs Network, has been launched
A new survey* covering different aspects of the experience of remote working in Ireland has suggested that most Irish workers are in favour of the concept of remote working continuing in some shape or form as we begin the transition towards a post-COVID-19 world of work. The COVID-19 crisis gave rise to a mass shift […]
Challenges of Remote Working: Among the many significant changes forced upon people by the pandemic has been the shift to remote working. Once considered “a privilege,” remote working is now considered “the new normal.” The home becoming the office would seem to be here to stay. Maybe not in a full-time capacity or for everyone […]
Researchers from the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission have published summary data from the second phase of the national remote working employee survey. The remote working study findings inform employers about employee experiences of remote working. The survey focused on those employees who are currently working fully remotely or a […]
Join a Fórsa webinar at 1pm this Friday 25th September, where a panel of experts will explore the future for remote working from the perspective of workers, employers, communities and the economy.y. ‘Out of Office: Remote working after Covid 19’ will feature a panel of experts exploring issues like productivity, health and safety, work-life balance, and […]
Working from home is the new normal for many workers around the world in response of the #Covid19 pandemic. Will it last? What will this imply for workers, employers and society? The OECD Trento Centre in collaboration with the Regional Studies Association (RSA) explored these questions and more in their recent webinar, The New Reality […]
The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation is conducting a public consultation to inform the delivery of guidance on remote working for both employers and employees. In December 2019 the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation published Remote Work in Ireland, a report on the prevalence and types of remote working solutions in Ireland, the attitudes […]
Working from home, or working remotely, has become almost universally accepted as a method that works. Of course, some careers and jobs aren’t suited for it and for others it is obviously just not possible. But, for many of us, and for many organisations, the deliverables of remote working are working and post-pandemic, it is […]
