New regulations in Ireland require employers to report differences in pay between men and women.

Under the new law, employers in Ireland must submit these data:

• The percentage differences between the mean and median hourly pay of male and female employees.
• The percentage differences between the mean and median bonuses of male and female employees.
• The percentage differences between the mean and median hourly pay of male and female part-time employees.
• The percentage of male and female employees who received bonuses.
• The percentage of male and female employees who received benefits.

The reporting requirement will apply to all public- and private-sector employers with 250 or more employees at first, but it will extend to organizations with 150 or more employees in 2024 and then to all employers with 50 or more employees in 2025.

To start, employers must collect their data as of June 2022 and submit reports to the government by December 2022. The information will be available to the public as well as the government.

The law's intent is to ensure accountability and transparency around pay disparities, according to Deirdre Malone, associate partner with the firm EY Ireland in Cork.

If employers don't comply with the law, they could face court action by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission or by employees, who may complain to the Workplace Relations Commission, Malone explained.

More specifics should be coming out soon about the reporting requirements. "We are still...

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