Essential points
- The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has produced a Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Disconnect which came into force on 1 April 2021.
- Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 signed into law 4 April 2023.
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