Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-03-01
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Frances Black (IND), Industrial and Commercial Panel

Amendments Nos. 42 and 43 seek to address a similar issue to amendments Nos. 30 and 31. They require that where a termination of a remote working agreement occurs due to circumstances described in section 22(1)(a), that is, seasonal variation, the termination shall only be valid for the period in which such seasonal variations occur and, upon the conclusion of that period, the remote working agreement shall resume. These amendments are to ensure that seasonal variations in work or business do not prevent remote working arrangements from being agreed or that seasonal variations are not used as a reason to permanently end a flexible work arrangement where it would be appropriate to continue it outside the period of seasonal variation.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-01