2022 NATIONAL REMOTE WORKING SURVEY LAUNCHED

Participants are being sought for the annual national remote working in Ireland survey, which will gather data on employees’ experiences and preferences for remote working and assess how remote working is impacting their career choices.

The survey is led by Professor Alma McCarthy and Noreen O’Connor at NUI Galway, and Tomás Ó Síocháin and Deirdre Frost at the Western Development Commission. Building on two previous annual national surveys undertaken by the team, the 2022 study will provide insights on how remote working has changed employees work and employment experiences.

INFORMING EMPLOYERS

Professor Alma

McCarthy, Professor of Public Sector Management and Head of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway, said: “The 2020 and 2021 annual surveys were of huge interest to the public and we got over 12,000 responses from employees who were working remotely across the country.

“The findings have impacted policy including the national remote working strategy. The way we work has changed dramatically since the Covid-19 pandemic. It is timely

to capture the trends, preferences and career choice impacts two years on.”

The remote working study findings will be available to inform employers about employee experiences of remote working. The research team will provide recommendations for employers on how to better manage remote working follow

ing the Covid-19 crisis as well as more generally.

The research team will analyse the findings of the 2022 national remote working survey and make them publicly available on both NUI Galway’s Whitaker Institute and the Western Development Commission websites in May 2022. The report and key statis

tics from the first and second national annual surveys are also available on these websites.

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD welcomed the initiative and encouraged workers to take part in the survey. To complete the survey, visit https:// bit. ly/remoteworkingsurvey2022