Privacy concerns proliferate over remote working in Ireland

Tailoring workplace policies for shared remote hubs is a “very simple” exercise, and measures are often the same regardless of where employees are working. Picture: iStock

Employers should have up-to-date policies as privacy concerns grow for companies who have staff working in remote working spaces, legal and employment experts have warned.

The pandemic sparked a wholesale change in where employees work, and the Department of Rural and Community Development now estimates that 24,000 people use remote-working hubs on a daily basis.