Government 'pandering' to business and 'failing to lead' on remote working

Public servants were subject to a work-from-home order throughout the pandemic. File picture: Joe Giddens/PA

The president of Ireland’s largest public sector union has accused the Government of "pandering" to business interests and “failing to lead” on the issue of remote working.

Michael Smyth, president of Forsa, told delegates at the union’s conference in Kerry on Wednesday that the Government has chosen to ignore the remote working revolution brought about by the Covid pandemic and instead “simply looked to return to old and outmoded ways of thinking”.