Legislation in employers’ favour but ‘claims of death of remote work are premature’

While the current work-life balance legislation does not amount to a legal right to remote work, claims of the ‘death of remote work’ are premature, according to an employment law solicitor.

With an increasing number of companies trying to bring employees back to the office, either full-time or part-time, many people have expressed fears over the future of remote work.

Barry Crushell runs an employment law firm in Dublin.

Mr Crushell told BreakingNews.ie that “10 to 20 per cent of the enquiries currently coming in are related to remote work in some shape or form”.

He explained that the current work-life balance legislation only compels employers to consider remote work requests, so the law is in their favour on most occasions.

“An example of the type of enquiry coming in is from people who have become accustomed to remote work. They have changed their lifestyle, potentially their location because of remote work. They never envisaged in 2021 or 2022 that there would be a push back…

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