Mixed views on flexibility rules as  workers say code is toothless

A year into the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act — workers have the right to request remote and hybrid work, employers have the right to refuse

Joanne Hyde, partner at law firm Lewis Silkin Dublin.

Workers are unimpressed by the code of practice for employers and employees on the right to request flexible working and remote working.

A year on since the implementation of the new code, many workers remain unconvinced that the code has really empowered them in relation to their flexible and remote working rights.