'Working from home is the best thing that happened to me, why would I vote against it?

Mum-of-two Andrea Hanifin writes about how her experience working from home will influence her vote in the March 8 referendum
'Working from home is the best thing that happened to me, why would I vote against it?

Why do we seem to always avoid, instead of tackling the hard truths? asks Andrea Hanifan

As a mother of two small children, Andrea Hanifin is a full-time employee of a large Irish corporate entity and works from home. She shares her personal views on what she sees as a potential misinterpretation of articles 41.2.1° and 41.2.2° in the upcoming Referendum. Instead, Andrea encourages working mothers to consider the actual language under scrutiny. 

From her perspective, being based at home is nothing to be ashamed of. And given the number of women knocking on her employer's door since the launch of its new hybrid working policy, it’s quite the opposite. 

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