Despite being in the grip of a third wave of Covid-19 cases, Ireland’s employment market shows positive signs of recovery as job vacancies see 5% quarter-.
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The National Remote Working Strategy in Ireland has just been
published. Before December 2021, the Government plans to implement
legislation entitling employees to request remote working on a
permanent basis. In Quarter 1 of 2021, a Code of Practice is
expected to be published governing workers entitlements to
disconnect from work in the evenings and at weekends. The Strategy
envisages enhanced tax incentives for home workers and investment
in remote working hubs as well as an acceleration of the national
broadband strategy. We look at what this means for employers in
REVEALED: Sectors were job vacancies continue to grow, according to IrishJobs.ie
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Despite being in the grip of a third wave of Covid-19 cases, Ireland’s employment market shows positive signs of recovery as job vacancies see 5% quarter-on-quarter increase, according to the latest (Q4 2020) Jobs Index from e-recruitment platform IrishJobs.ie.
The index, which analyses quarterly job vacancy data, reveals that job postings for Q4 2020 were 23% lower when compared to Q4 2019, demonstrating the overall impact of the pandemic on the employment market.
However, in contrast to the March–May lockdown when economic activity ground to a halt, the employment market was more resilient in the final quarter of the year as businesses showed signs of adapting to the new Covid reality.
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A Kilkee councillor believes we need to push ahead with plans to prepare for increased levels of remote working after the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers are to be given the right to request to work from home under the government’s National Remote Work Strategy, which also aims to bring in a legal right to disconnect. Supporters […]