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Longford senator backs new laws aimed at promoting working from home
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liam.cosgrove@longfordleader.ie
There has been a broad welcome given to the Government s new plan to encourage and empower more staff to work from home );
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New laws empowering staff to work from home have been given the seal of political approval locally.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has published Ireland’s first National Remote Work Strategy to make remote working a permanent option for life after the Covid-19 pandemic.
It will also introduce a new legally admissible code of practice on the right to disconnect from work – covering phone calls, emails and switch-off time.
Longford s regeneration blueprint given €400k cash injection
Reporter:
liam.cosgrove@longfordleader.ie
Longford is to receive a further €400,000 in Town and Village Renewal Scheme funding, it has been announced );
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Longford s regeneration plans have been given a further cash injection following confirmation the county is to receive more than €400,000 under the State s Town and Village Renewal Scheme.
Approximately €408,388 has been ring-fenced for five locations throughout the county as part of continued efforts to revitalise urban and more rural based locations while also attempting to encourage greater numbers of young people to return to their communities.
The monies earmarked for key infrastructural projects form part of a wider drive to take advantage of the situation that sees thousands of people working remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.