Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Dermot Mulligan:

The Deputy's point about subjectivity, the grounds and the detail on the grounds would bring the WRC into a very detailed consideration of the context, which presents some difficulty. Perhaps an assessment of the policy of the employer against the code of practice might offer some way of creating objectivity and allowing the WRC to make an objective assessment that does not require it to get involved in the detail of an individual's circumstances, the circumstances of the business and the business context. We will reflect on that point.