For while the pandemic has accelerated the shift towards remote working, not allowing for much time to iron out the details and causing some teething pains along the way, the business world had a big problem with excessive, often unpaid out-of-hours remote working well before Covid. It's time to do something about it.

When Cat Noone, CEO of accessibility software company Stark, approached us to collaborate on a guide to ‘Disability at Work’ in Ireland, it sparked a broader conversation about the state of employment regulations and supports for disabled people in the age of global, remote-based working. In this post, Cat and I discuss what role employers […]

As HR and People teams sit down for their end of year meetings and planning sessions, they’ll be reflecting on another confusing and disrupted year. Lockdowns have given way to partial normality, only for further pandemic storm clouds to return in the past few months. Two years on, we are entering 2022 with uncertainty still […]

For years employees have been clamouring for more opportunities to work from home; to work overseas; to live a more flexible and balanced life. Now, Covid-19 has proved the ultimate stress test for remote working. And remote working has passed the test. We can create, communicate and collaborate from anywhere, it turns out.  However, when […]

Considering employing someone in Lithuania? To do that compliantly, an employer has a lot of obligations they have to fulfil. One comprehensive and important topic is the set of local employee rights a worker residing in Lithuania is entitled to. Below is a guide to employee rights in Lithuania to help you understand what you […]

Considering employing someone in Brazil? To do that compliantly, an employer has a lot of obligations they have to fulfil. One comprehensive and important topic is the set of local employee rights a worker residing in Brazil is entitled to. Below is a guide to employee rights in Brazil to help you understand what you […]

Considering employing someone in Canada? To do that compliantly, an employer has a lot of obligations they have to fulfil. One comprehensive and important topic is the set of local employee rights a worker residing in Canada is entitled to. What makes things a little more complex in Canada is that those rights differ among […]

Considering employing someone in Croatia? To do that compliantly, an employer has a lot of obligations they have to fulfil. One comprehensive and important topic is the set of local employee rights a worker residing in Croatia is entitled to. Below is a guide to employee rights in Croatia to help you understand what you […]

Considering employing someone in New Zealand? To do that compliantly, an employer has a lot of obligations they have to fulfil. One comprehensive and important topic is the set of local employee rights a worker residing in New Zealand is entitled to. Below is a guide to employee rights in New Zealand to help you […]