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Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Annie Hoey · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 5 May 2022
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Employees gain legal right to request flexible work arrangements from their employer.
- Employers must respond to requests within a set timeframe and can only refuse if not reasonably practicable.
- Employers must have written flexible work policy; employees and Workplace Relations Commission can inspect it. Appeals available against refusals.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad5 May 2022
Debates
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