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The Government to consider legislation which would ensure workers have the right to switch off & no longer feel the obligation to check emails outside office hours. 

The pandemic has changed a lot of things here in Ireland, and one of those is how we work.  More...

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14.32 11 Nov 2020


The Government to consider legislation which would ensure workers have the right to switch off & no longer feel the obligation to check emails outside office hours. 


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14.32 11 Nov 2020


The pandemic has changed a lot of things here in Ireland, and one of those is how we work. 

More and more people are working remotely, with no sign of office blocks returning to normal anytime soon.  

The Government is to consider the introduction of legislation which would ensure workers have the right to switch off and no longer feel the obligation to check work-related emails outside office hours. 

Vanessa Tierney joined Andrea on the show she is the co-founder of Abodoo and is an expert in all things working from home and also some callers with their views.

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