The WRC’s new code of practice concerning the right to disconnect form work has been signed into law from 1st April 2021. This code of practice arises from an attempt to regularise the Covid 19 enforced working at home practices that have arisen since March 2020. The lines between work and home and rest have … Read more
Would you like to work from home on a permanent basis? Or do you miss the workplace, your colleagues, the banter? Legislation is planned to give employees the right to request to work remotely. This arises from the National Remote Work Strategy which includes the introduction of a code of practice on the right to … Read more
An employee working in Aer Lingus brought a claim to the WRC to be placed on a banded hours contract of employment under section 18A of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. This new section 18A was inserted into the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 by section 16 of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) … Read more
This case, between a ground staff member and an airline, turned on the question of how you are expected to calculate the hours worked for the purposes of awarding an employee a banded hours contract. The employee had been placed on a banded hours contract pursuant to the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018. Section 16 … Read more
Would you like to avail of a ‘flexible working’ arrangement? Would your lifestyle be improved beyond recognition by a little bit of space and stillness that flexible working might bring? In August 2019 a new EU Directive came into force: the EU Directive on Work-Life Balance. Member states have three years within which to implement … Read more