Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-09
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

Incredibly, one of the grounds is concern for the commute between the proposed working location and the employer's on-site location. An employer can say "No" on the grounds that it believes the employee lives too far away or too near. What does that mean? There are not just 13 reasons, but any ground at all, given that "the proposal requested is not suitable on business grounds." The heads explicitly state that the 13 reasons are not an exhaustive list, so any reason whatsoever can be used. As such, what the Government has introduced is a right to refuse remote working. It needs to be changed radically. If the Government does not do that, then it is failing all of those workers who want access to remote working.

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Sitting date: 2022-03-09