08:30  Registration and Coffee
09:00 Pay Transparency Directive - what you need to know
 
  • Gender pay gap reporting and equal pay - what’s new?
  • Categorising your employees - determining work of equal value
  • Pay structures, pay progression and new employee rights to pay data
  • Transposing the Directive into national law – what we already know   
09:50 Job Evaluations- It's time to get prepared
 
  •  Assessing work of equal value in your organisation
  • Methodologies, tools and data analysis
  • Key takeaways and pitfalls to avoid
  • New EIGE toolkit
10:35 Pay Transparency & the role of workers' representatives
11:00 Break
11:20 Putting your job evaluation exercise into practice - applying the knowledge
11:50 Pay Transparency and Industrial Relations Considerations
 
  • Workers’ representatives – key IR considerations
  • Pay reviews, pay progression and pay claims – IR implications
  • Grievances, trade disputes and industrial action - dealing with the fallout
12:40 Questions and Answers
12:50 Lunch
14:00 Defending unequal pay - what are your gender-neutral justifications? 
 
  • Employment Equality Acts and equal pay claims - a changing landscape
  • Examining gender neutral justifications - an in-depth analysis of case law
  • A revival for equal pay claims?
14:50 Applying the knowledge
 
  • Practical case study exercise 
  • Lessons learned and solutions shared 
15:30  5 things your company should be doing
15:50  Questions and answers
16:00 Close

Start Date June 17, 2026
Time 09:00
Duration 7hrs
Delegate Price Member
€460 (+VAT),
Non-Member
€490 (+VAT)
Location Hilton Dublin Kilmainham
Contact ibecacademy@ibec.ie