'Remote, home working can tackle Ireland's female brain drain'

Karen O'Reilly: Ireland has the opportunity to market itself as a country that embraces remote work. Picture: Darragh Kane

The Remote Working Strategy, which makes remote working a permanent option, will help alleviate the female 'brain drain' from the workplace, an employment expert has said.

Launched by the Government last week, the strategy sets out to provide the infrastructure to work remotely, including legislation to allow employees the right to request remote working and a code of practice on the right to disconnect from work (covering phonecalls, emails, and switch-off time).