Preparing for Pay Transparency - An Overview
Sinead Wallace and Fiona Egan, Associate Legal Directors discuss the Pay Transparency Directive and the implications for employers under this Directive.
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The Pay Transparency Directive came into force in June 2023 and Ireland will have to transpose the Directive by June 2026. The Directive contains extensive measures with far reaching obligations for employers including enhanced requirements in relation to gender pay gap reporting, information rights for job candidates, restrictions on the use of pay secrecy clauses and rights for employees in relation to pay transparency.
In episode 1 of our Preparing for Pay Transparency podcast series, Sinead Wallace and Fiona Egan, Associate Legal Directors, provide an overview of the Pay Transparency Directive and its implications for employers.
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Ep. 50 / KC Connect
Preparing for Pay Transparency – Work of Equal Value
Harry Wall and Catriona McKeating, Associate Legal Directors in our Employment Law Services team, discuss equal pay case law, this time focusing on work of equal value and gender neutral reasons for differences in pay.
Ep. 49 / KC Connect
Update on new retirement legislation
Nichola Harkin, Head Of Employment Law Services, and Aoife McFadden, Legal Director, discuss the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025.
Ep. 48 / KC Connect
Job Evaluation - The EIGE Toolkit
In this episode, Nichola Harkin, Head of Employment Law Services, and Pauline O’Hare, Senior Legal Director, discuss the European Institute for Gender Equality’s EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification and how employers can use this toolkit can be used by employers in their job evaluation processes.
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Ep. 115 / Ibec Responds
Launch of Ibec International Focus
This week, Ibec International Focus was launched by our team in Brussels. For EU policymakers and Ibec members, this tri-annual publication offers insight-led positioning on EU and international policy from a cross-sectoral Irish business perspective. Ibec International Focus includes insights and analysis from across the organisation in Ibec’s policy division, and from sectoral associations.
In this episode of Ibec Responds, Alan Sherlock, External Affairs manager at Ibec is joined by Neil Willoughby, Head of International and EU Policy at Ibec, and Róisín de Bhaldraithe, Senior EU Policy Executive at Ibec, to discuss the launch of Ibec International Focus.
Ep. 23 / Work Talks
Ibec Talent Trends Survey – Pay and Resourcing Forecast + Policy Trends
In this episode, Maeve McElwee, Executive Director, Employer Relations and Fiona Higgins, Head of Advocacy Services, explore the findings of our latest Talent, Trends, and Pay Survey examining wage expectations for 2027, impacts of the newly introduced pension auto-enrolment legislation, pay transparency preparations, and other effects of new and existing policy and permissions on business.
Ep. 114 / Ibec Responds
Budget Reaction 2027
Budget 2027 reflects the country’s broader economic and social intent, displaying a strong commitment to meeting the challenges of our workforce transition head-on.
In this episode of Ibec Responds, Gerard Brady, Chief Economist, Hazel Ahern-Flynn, Senior Economist, and Mourad Mejdi, Economist give their reaction and analysis of Budget 2027. They discuss key measures including the unlocking of €360 million from the National Training Fund, the expansion of R&D tax credit criteria and outsourcing limits, and the capital gains tax rate cut from 33% to 31%.
