More than 300,000 people are unable to work from home due to lack of equipment, a survey has revealed.
Necessary tools such as laptops were blamed for the lockdown lag along with poor internet speeds.
Hard-pressed employees also said a failure to connect securely to work systems from home was causing them problems.
More than 1,000 workers were quizzed in the OpenSky poll which found 22% of Irish office workers are ill-equipped to work remotely.
This translates to more than 300,000 people.
Managing director Michael Cronin said: “We are living and working in unprecedented times. “Businesses across Ireland that had not even considered remote working before are having to facilitate this for entire teams and extended periods of time.
“As many discovered, it′s not something that can be done overnight as organisations need to ensure access to laptops, fast internet speeds, and secure connections to work systems, applications and resources.
“The fact that more than 300,000 office workers aren’t equipped to adapt to the current situation is quite startling.
“Furthermore, business leaders are faced with the challenge of continuing to ensure job satisfaction and engage staff of all ages to maintain motivation levels by making the working from home experience as seamless, flexible and productive as possible.”
The Censuswide data found workers aged 35-to-44 were most keen to work from home (93%); with only 57% of over 55s keen to do so.
The employees who felt they didn’t have the resources to work adequately from home were most likely to be based in counties Offaly, Clare, Wicklow, Louth and Longford.
Meanwhile, workers that were deemed to be best equipped to work remotely were based in Monaghan, Roscommon, Tipperary, Wexford and Sligo.
