The body of the remote working bill announced yesterday is 'fundamentally flawed', according to Patricia King, General Secretary of Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).
The body of the remote working bill announced yesterday is "fundamentally flawed", according to Patricia King, General Secretary of Irish Congress of Trade Unions .
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences The appeal can only be made, she said, relating to any technicality relating to the process, such as a timeline that has not been met."They're neither fair nor reasonable by any standards."
"There is an opportunity to remedy it and I think that we should have discussions and talks about this", she said. "Once they're six months in employment, they can request remote working within at least 12 weeks the employer has to consider it and come back with a reasoned response," he explained.
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