Group calls for Government to delay introduction of pay transparency

An employers’ representative group is calling for the government to delay the introduction of pay transparency rules.

Ibec has asked Equality Minister Norma Foley to delay the EU directive to June 2027 at the earliest, according to the Irish Independent.

The directive requires all member states from Sunday to make companies publish more details on wages, especially the gender pay gap between workers doing the same job.

The government has informed the EU that it has not published the required legislation for the new rules and will miss Sunday's deadline.

Laura Bambrick from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions says businesses will have more than an additional year to plan for the change.

"Because the Government are so far behind in bringing forward the legislation to enforce these new rules, we believe this delay is not going to be weeks, not going to be months, it is going to be years.

"For every year that it is delayed, it is costing Irish women workers real money. Over half a billion for every year delayed."