Said and Done

Bills / Bill 50 of 2022

Public bill

Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022

Lapsed Most recent stage: First Stage

How far it has got

  1. First Stage
  2. Second Stage
  3. Committee Stage
  4. Report Stage
  5. Fifth Stage
  6. Enacted

The five Dáil stages, then enactment. A bill that starts in the Seanad, or is sent back by it, can take a different route. How a bill becomes law

What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to provide employees with a right to flexible work, to require an employer to deal with a request for flexible work within a fixed period, to provide that an employer may refuse a request only on grounds of reasonable practicability, to require employers to maintain a policy on flexible work which can be inspected by employees and the Workplace Relations Commission, to provide for a right of appeal in certain circumstances against a refusal of flexible work, and to provide for related matters.

This is the bill's official long title.