Enhanced rights for employees to disconnect from work in Ireland

IRELAND. “This recognises that in the world where everyone has a smartphone and a computer at home, the workplace has changed and people more and more are being required to almost put in extra hours for free from their own bedroom or house – and I want to change that,” said Mr Varadkar, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment.

Read more about the newly published Workplace Relations Commission Code of Practice that aims to enhance rights for employees to disconnect from work in Ireland here: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0401/1207337-disconnect-work/