CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT PERMITS LEGISLATION COME INTO FORCE
The Employment Permits Act 2024 came into force on 2 September
2024. The new Act consolidates and updates the existing employment
permits law and represents the biggest reform of employment permits
legislation since the 2006 Act, with the intention of creating a
more flexible employment permits system, better able to respond to
the changing needs of the labour market.
A link to our update, which sets out some of the main provisions
of the Act, is here.
FIRST DECISION ISSUES ON NEW RIGHT TO REQUEST REMOTE
WORKING
In what appears to be its first decision on the new right to request remote
working, the Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC")
confirmed that, in a complaint relating to a request for remote
working, its remit is strictly limited to assessing whether an
employer considered a request in line with section 21 of the Work
Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 and in
accordance with
