The directive seeks to highlight existing pay inequalities in workplaces and ensure efforts are made to address them. The directive is intended to ensure more openness around earnings, with employers required to provide salary information to job applicants, for instance. “I think we have already made progress through the introduction in recent years of gender pay gap reporting. “To really address the gender pay gap, though, we need a whole-society approach. It will involve Government and business; it’ll involve the education system all the way from primary up to third level.

Source: The Irish Times April 07, 2026 00:16 UTC