A public consultation seeking views on the right to request remote working, which opened on Tuesday, has already received 3,427 responses.
The bulk of them, 3,205, came from employees, with the remaining 222 responses categorised as coming from employer/other.
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.
The code of practice was developed by the WRC, in consultation with trade unions and employer representative bodies.
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 has opened the public consultation.
It can be accessed on the Department of Enterprise website and submissions can be made until 9 December.
Since the right to request remote work was introduced in March 2024, the WRC has received 60 complaints and 36 of these have been closed.
So far just one complaint has been upheld, 11 have been rejected, 5 were resolved through mediation and 19 were withdrawn.
The remaining 24 complaints are awaiting a hearing and/or decision by an Adjudication Officer.
