Remote Working Works!

The key issues:

• AIB and BOI both announced changes to the hybrid model of work were without prior consultation with staff and their trade union.
• This is a major change for staff and will have implications for work/life balance, commute time, childcare costs, and job satisfaction.
• The current  hybrid system of work is working,  producing high productivity levels and helping to generate record profits for the bank.
• The FSU are conscious not all employees can avail of remote working but for these who can it is important.
  
• The banks have given no rational for this change. The banks should consider the benefits of remote working before they make any changes to their policy. They should also consider how they can promote sustainability while at the same time putting 10,000 staff back in cars.
• This can be resolved by the bank reverting back to the present position, sitting down with the FSU and discussing any issue they may have with the current position.

• Download the poster and put it up in your building - for BOI click HERE For AIB click HERE
• Help build our voice by encouraging colleagues who are not members to join FSU (JOIN NOW). Make sure they name you as the person who recruited them, so you receive a €50 All4One voucher.
• Talk to your colleagues to keep the momentum going.
• If you are in a position to do so, help us with media engagement. If you are willing to talk about the impact this change in policy will have on your life, let us know — we will support you in doing this. Contact our communications team at comms@fsunion.org. Let’s make this human, rather than just faceless numbers.
• Become a point of contact for the union in your team, section, or department.
• Support your Sector Committee members when they visit sites around the country over the coming months.
• Contact your local TD and ask them to contact the banks to make the case for keeping the current policy in place.
• Encourage family and friends to do the same.
• Ask local businesses that might be impacted by this change to contact their local TD and explain how they will also be affected.
• You can help us spread our message on social media. If you have an account on X (Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and/or BlueSky, look for us: fsuireland — follow us, like our posts, comment on them, and share them.
• Use this feedback form to tell us what you think and to share your suggestions on how FSU can progress this campaign and the negotiations with your employer.

Media Engagement:

Engaging with broadcast and print media to highlight the concerns of members and explain the case for keeping the existing policy in place.

Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/07/22/aib-calls-hybrid-eligible-staff-into-office-three-days-a-week/

Business Post: https://www.businesspost.ie/banking/aib-clamps-down-on-remote-work-for-thousands-of-staff/

RTÉ – Prime Time: https://youtu.be/ugPFRPPIE2E

Newstalk – Breakfast: https://youtu.be/wzXGh0b0agc

Today FM – The Last Word: https://youtu.be/XzcI7OoSMC0

The Connaught Telegraph: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/07/24/companies-have-right-to-strike-balance-on-remote-working-mcentee-says/

TheJournal.ie: https://www.thejournal.ie/ictu-pushes-aib-to-change-its-mind-on-demanding-workers-return-to-the-office-6773811-Jul2025/

Bank of Ireland Group	Allied Irish Bank Group
BOI Sector Committee	AIB Sector Committee
Tom Ruttledge, BOI Sector Officer, BOI Leinster (Plus Cavan and Monaghan) tom.ruttledge@fsunion.org   Tom Ruttledge, BOI Munster zoe.oneill@fsunion.org   Rob Byrne, BOI Leinster (Plus Cavan and Monaghan) robert.byrne@fsunion.org   Christian Hanna, BOI Leinster (Plus Cavan and Monaghan) christian.hanna@fsunion.org   Olivia Henry, BOI Connacht (Plus Donegal) olivia.henry@fsunion.org   Conor Morgan, BOI U.K. conor.morgan@fsunion.org	Denis Stevenson, AIB Sector Officer, AIB Munster denis.stevenson@fsunion.org   Roger James, AIB Leinster (Plus Cavan and Monaghan) roger.james@fsunion.org   Karl Lynam, AIB Leinster (Plus Cavan and Monaghan) karl.lynam@fsunion.org   J.D. Foley, AIB Munster john.foley@fsunion.org   Oisin Dunne, AIB Leinster (Plus Cavan and Monaghan) oisin.dunne@fsunion.org   Michael Ryan, AIB Connacht (Plus Donegal) michael.ryan@fsunion.org   Marc Ashby, AIB U.K. marc.ashby@fsunion.org

The Industrial Relations and Organising teams

Gareth Murphy Head of Industrial Relations and Campaigns gareth.murphy@fsunion.org

Your BOI Industrial Relations Team at FSU	Your AIB Industrial Relations Team at FSU
Caitleen Desetti, Industrial Relations Organiser caitleen.desetti@fsunion.org	Shaeleen Martin, Industrial Relations Officer shaeleen.martin@fsunion.org

Jessica Ryan, Organiser jessica.ryan@fsunion.org Maeve Richardson, Digital Organiser maeve.richardson@fsunion.org

Click on cover to read or download the report.

Dr Gareth Murphy, Head of Industrial Relations and Campaigns at FSU, sits down with Dr Michelle O’Sullivan, Kemmy Business School in University of Limerick.

 

Financial Services Union submission to the Workplace Relations Commission on the Code of Practice on the Right to Request Remote Working

 

MAKE REMOTE WORK!

The Trade Union Response to the Right to Request Remote Work Bill