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Varadkar signals overhaul of planned remote work law; Youth unemployment up in September

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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar suggested the government could implement a major overhaul of its proposed law on the right to request remote working. Varadkar denied the coalition is dragging its feet on finalising the legislation, but said that of five areas where he is seeking to reform workers’ rights, remote working is the “most complicated” and the one “we found it hardest to get consensus on”. He told the Oireachtas enterprise committee: “That’s why it’s fallen ...