Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Mr. Mark Doheny:

Just very briefly in response to Senator Ahearn's comment, it certainly was a comment from employers in the public consultation that had been facilitating remote workers from the start of employment. They mentioned that it was an onboarding process and that the initial six-month period was very difficult to get full handle on in a fully-remote environment. It certainly was something that stuck out and it was repeated by IBEC and individual employers, and even some employees in the consultation. It was something we heard over and over.