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Remote working: what is it and what was decided in the recent TikTok case?

Posted in : First Tuesday Q&A ROI on 5 September 2024
Jason McMenamin
A&L Goodbody LLP
Issues covered: Right to request remote work; Process for submitting requests; Employer obligations and response time; WRC limits on remote work decisions; Employer best practices for remote requests

The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (the Act) came into force in April 2023. The Act provided employees for the first time with a right to request remote work. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) then published a Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Request Remote Working (the Code) in March of this year, which gave effect to this right and provided useful guidance in relation to remote working arrangements. Media reports in March suggested the first statutory complaints had been lodged by employees, aggrieved at their employer’s failure to grant their remote working arrangement, within days of the Code being published. These cases are

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This article is correct at 05/09/2024
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Jason McMenamin
A&L Goodbody LLP

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