News laws could make it easier for employees to request remote working following a review of draft laws by Tanaiste Leo Varadkar's department.
The draft was previously criticised as having too many grounds for employers to turn down applications to work from home.
Under the original proposals, an employer could refuse a request on 13 grounds.
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These included that the nature of the work does not allow for it to be done remotely, a potential negative impact on performance, planned structural changes, the burden of additional costs and concerns about the suitability and connectivity of the proposed workspace.
As a result, critical elements of the upcoming legislation drawn up earlier this year have been overhauled, reports the Irish Independent.
A worker's right to appeal the decision to the Workplace Relations Commission is also likely to be introduced.
The initial proposal allowed workers to appeal if an employer did not follow proper procedures when refusing but not appeal the reason they refused.
Other changes include reducing the amount of service weeks a worker must have completed before they can submit a request.
This could change from 26 weeks in a job to just 12 weeks before an employee can apply.
The right to request remote working bill is expected to be published before Mr Varadkar returns to the role of Taoiseach in December and is likely to come into effect next year.
Commenting on the changes, Mr Varadkar said the planned legislation "departs quite far" from the original draft.
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