Public consultation - Code of Practice on the Right to Request Remote Working

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has been directed under Section 20(2) of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, to prepare a Code of Practice on the ‘Right to Request Remote Working’ as required under Part 4 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023.

In this context the WRC is undertaking a public consultation with a view to drafting a Code of Practice on the Right to Request Remote Working. The Code, inter alia, will set out practical guidance for employers and employees as to the steps that may be taken for complying with the requirements of the Act in relation to applications for flexible or remote working.

In this regard, the WRC invites submissions on this matter to be submitted to the WRC by 5pm on 9 June 2023.

Submissions marked ‘Right to Request Remote Work’ should be sent to RTRRW@workplacerelations.ie or by post to Workplace Relations Commission, Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4, D04 A3A8.

As part of the consultation process, the WRC may consult with parties to clarify submissions received or with certain key stakeholders.

Freedom of Information Act 2014 and publication of submissions

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) may publish on its website all submissions received under this consultation. Your attention is also drawn to the fact that information provided by you in submissions is subject to release by the WRC under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. In responding to this public consultation, all individuals and organisations should clearly indicate where their submission contains personal information, commercially sensitive information and/or confidential information which they would not wish to be made publicly available by being published on the WRC’s website or released by the WRC pursuant to the receipt of an FOI Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. It is also important to note that your name and address and other details such as your representative organisation or any other information that you provide in your submission will be published on the WRC’s website unless you specifically request that such details are redacted or removed.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is subject to the provisions of the GDPR and Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018. In this context, the WRC will treat all personal information which you provide in submissions as part of this public consultation process with the highest standards of security in line with our data protection compliance requirements.

For further information you can read the WRC’s Data Protection Statement which is available on the WRC website and explains how and when the WRC collects personal data, why the WRC does so and how the WRC treats this information. It also explains your rights in relation to the collection of your personal information and how you can exercise your rights under data protection laws.