A public consultation seeking views on the right to request remote working has received 8,410 responses.
The bulk of them, 7,874, came from employees, with the remaining 536 responses categorised as coming from employer/other.
The public consultation opened on 18 November and closed at 3pm today.
The right to request remote working came into force in March 2024.
It requires employers and employees to have regard to a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) code of practice when considering applications for remote working arrangements.
Employees can refer a dispute to the WRC if they believe an employer has failed to fulfil their obligations under the code.
The legislation does not provide a direct right to work remotely, but rather sets out requirements including how a request must be made, considerations both the employer and employee must take into account, and timelines for requests to be processed.
Under the legislation, a review of the operation of the remote working provisions must be carried out not earlier than one year and not later than two years following its introduction.
As part of that review, the Government opened the public consultation.
As of last month, the WRC had received 60 complaints and 36 of these had been closed.
Just one complaint had been upheld, 11 had been rejected, 5 were resolved through mediation and 19 were withdrawn.
The remaining 24 complaints were awaiting a hearing and/or decision by an Adjudication Officer.
