The Forsa and SIPTU public service unions welcomed the government’s new ‘Blended Working Policy Statement,’ which would see the civil service switch from pandemic-related remote working provisions to long-term ‘blended working’ arrangements between September 2021 and March 2022. However, both unions want to see a rapid roll-out across the entire public sector, rather than it being confined to government departments and agencies. They also underlined the importance of the commitment to a consistent approach and to transparency and fairness on access to remote working, along with the implementation of essential measures relating to working time, the right to disconnect, health and safety, privacy and data protection rights.
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