Unveiled on 27 September, Grow Remote’s initiative Remote Alliance, comprising telecoms company Vodafone, online marketplace eBay, electricity group ESB, and insurer Liberty Insurance, aims to develop a new working model in Ireland. All four companies are committed to embedding long-term remote working within their organizations. Their second ambition is to convince other Irish employers to voluntarily move towards this HR practice, which has been receiving a boost due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Grow Remote, the not for profit social enterprise promoting remote working, wants to ‘build an Ireland where employment is accessible no matter where people live.’ As part of this its latest and landmark initiative Grow Remote aims to give practical advice to the four members of the alliance and to support them in their endeavour. The ultimate goal is to help these companies move from a form of spontaneous remote working due to the global pandemic to a bona fide corporate policy that...
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