Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 November 2021
74. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has adopted the Workplace Relations Commission Code of Conduct on the Right to Disconnect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53812/21]
View answerThe WRC’s Code of Practice provides guidance on best practice to organisations and their employees on the Right to Disconnect. It is not a question of organisations adopting the WRC Code of Practice but a question of working up their own tailored policy. As stated in the Code of Practice, employers should engage proactively with employees and/or their trade union or other employees’ representatives to develop a Right to Disconnect Policy that takes account of the particular needs of the organisation and its workforce. Discussions are underway among several departments to develop cross-departmental guidance in order to support individual departments to develop their Right to Disconnect policies.
