WORK LIFE BALANCE BILL TO INCLUDE RIGHT TO REQUEST REMOTE WORKING
The Government has approved the integration of the right to request remote work for all workers into the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill which it still hopes to enact by the end of the year. This means that employers will now consider requests for flexible or remote working under one piece of legislation and one Code of Practice to be developed by the Workplace Relations Commission.
According to the statement, the principal differences in the integrated Bill compared with the original Right to Request Remote Working Bill are in the grounds for refusal and the right to redress. The Right to Request Remote Working Bill provided for 13 specific grounds upon which an employer could refuse a request, as well as a general “business grounds” provision. Under the integrated Bill, the enumerated grounds will be replaced by an obligation on the employer to consider both their needs and the needs of employees when considering a request. This represents an enhanced right to complaint, when compared with the original Right to Request Remote Working Bill as published earlier this year, which did not include a requirement for an employer to have regard to a Code of Practice and contained a number of grounds for refusal of a request.
The Government statement is here.
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