Ireland: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Towards the end of January 2022, employers were given the green light to return to offices and potentially leave remote working behind.

Vaccination certificates issued within 270 days or more will no longer be accepted for entrance into Ireland 

On 31 January 2022, the Irish government published the Transitional Protocol: Good Practice Guidance for Continuing to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (the "Transitional Protocol") .

Towards the end of January 2022, employers were given the green light to return to offices and potentially leave remote working behind.

Organisations across the UK and Ireland are trialling a four-day working week, measuring whether employees can operate at 100% productivity despite working for 20% less time and with no reduction in pay.

The Government has published updated guidance for employers and workers which sets out best practice for keeping workplaces safe now that a return to workplaces is underway.

The Data Protection Commission has issued updated Guidance on Processing COVID-19 Vaccination Data in the context of Employment and the Work Safely Protocol here.

Meanwhile, in Ireland there has been no report of any Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Dawn Raids under its competition law powers since COVID-19 restrictions were first introduced.

Alan Devaney and David Rodgers, from Ronan Daly Jermyn's Employment and Tax teams, examine the factors that an employer should take into consideration in addressing a request to work remotely from abroad.

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