Getting Our Heads Around Returning To The Workplace
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Ireland currently has one of the highest rates of remote working in Europe, with 40% working from home since last year compared to the EU average of just over a third.
But with 12,000 businesses reopening this week, and 100,000 people expected to return to work this month, could this be about to change?
Maeve McElwee, Director of Employer Relations at IBEC, Peter Cosgrove, Managing Director of Futurewise and Dee Ryan, CEO of Limerick Chamber, joined us to discuss what returning to the office will mean for the future of retail, our city centres and our mental health.
A one stop-stop to help Limerick traders in post-Covid world
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A NEW taskforce charged with ensuring the city is at its best as lockdown eases will meet for the first time on Monday.
Limerick Chamber president Donnacha Hurley had called for such a group to be formed, and he received confirmation from the local authority that it will facilitate the meeting, which will take place virtually.
It will be attended by business representatives, publicans, hotel and trader group representatives, and directors of service in City and County Council.
Speaking to the Limerick Leader, Mr Hurley, who manages the Absolute Hotel, said the meeting will represent a chance for there to be a “one stop shop” to have issues solved.
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‘The beginning of the end’: Limerick business reacts to Covid-19 re-opening plans
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“IT’S the beginning of the end – definitely a step in the right direction”.
The reaction of local publican and Vintners Federation of Ireland representative Paul Flannery to the news that scores of businesses will re-open over the next two months.
Companies which have not yet opened in 2021 will finally begin to start trading again from May 10, with pubs due to open to outdoor business a month later on Monday, June 7 – dependent on the progress in reducing Covid-19 numbers. For more information, click here.
Mr Flannery, who runs his family pub in Shannon Street, said: “It’s definitely a step in the right direction, but we still have a long way to go.”