Workers and employers at odds over remote working

While most workers believe employers should respond to remote working requests within a month, businesses say a minimum of two months to consider the appropriateness of a request.

Workers and employers are at odds over remote working, including the length of time people should be in employment before they can apply to base themselves outside the office.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is today publishing a report based on 175 submissions received as part of the process under way to draft laws to give employees the right to request remote work.