Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-12-14
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Mary Seery Kearney (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I have one final point to make. I thank the Acting Chairperson for her indulgence. It should be incumbent on every employer to set out the entitlement to flexible working or remote working, although I would stress that the latter is completely distinct and very different. When employers are creating a role, they should be obliged to set out the entitlement, and the ability, to perform that role in a flexible or remote way. There should be an objective test at the very beginning. Otherwise, employers are going to come unstuck in terms of how they adjudicate because it will be very personalised in some instances. We are in somewhat dangerous territory here and could be opening the door to a flood of Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, cases.

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Sitting date: 2022-12-14