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Lawyers at Flynn O’Driscoll LLP say that Irish employers have been left in a position where no indicative timeline has been provided for the transposition of an EU directive on pay transparency into Irish law.
Despite what they describe as “much uncertainty”, they have urged employers to take steps to prepare for its full implementation.
The directive was due to be fully transferred into member states’ national laws by 7 June, but the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley recently confirmed that Ireland would miss this deadline.
The minister said that work was continuing to develop the necessary legislation to transpose the remaining provisions of the directive as soon as possible.
She also confirmed that implementation would now proceed on a phased basis once the legislation had been passed and that employers would not be penalised for failing to comply with all aspects of the directive by June 2026.
“The result is that Irish employers face a transitional period in which some elements of the directive are already reflected in existing Irish law, some pre-employment transparency measures are expected to be introduced first, and the remaining obligations will follow through further legislation and guidance,” the Flynn O’Driscoll lawyers stated in a note on the firm’s website.
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