{"id":1763,"date":"2022-01-25T18:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/working-from-home-bill-an-employers-charter\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:07:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:07:45","slug":"working-from-home-bill-an-employers-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/working-from-home-bill-an-employers-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Working From Home&#8217; Bill An Employers&#8217; Charter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The refusal grounds are so all encompassing, they make a mockery of the stated purpose of the legislation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s working from home Bill is an employers\u2019 charter which only serves to undermine the right to work from home, according to Social Democrats Enterprise Spokesperson Catherine Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was concerned, before the legislation was published, that the Bill would be tepid and underwhelming. Those fears have now been borne out. Instead of granting employees a right to work from home, the legislation is an employers\u2019 \u00a0charter which creates wide-ranging exemptions from the entitlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, a request to work from home can be refused if an employer feels there is a \u201cpotential negative impact\u201d on quality of work or performance \u2013 not an actual or verified negative impact. These refusal grounds are so all encompassing, they make a mockery of the stated purpose of the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA statutory right to work from home has the capacity to be transformative \u2013 especially for women, disabled people and carers, many of whom have been locked out of the jobs market, because of restrictive work practises, for far too long. A real right to work from home would also have myriad positive impacts on the environment, by reducing car journeys and improving air quality; facilitate rural regeneration and ease housing pressure in urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were many negative consequences to covid, but one of the few positive impacts was the revolution in work practises that occurred over the past two years. We now need to embed those reformed work practises and ensure that hard-won progress is not lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot miss out on this opportunity. The government must amend its legislation and provide a real right to work from home \u2013 one that can only be refused on reasonable grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>25 January, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The refusal grounds are so all encompassing, they make a mockery of the stated purpose of the legislation. 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