Employers with more than 50 employees would have to publish annual information on their gender pay gap and implement measures to reduce that gap, under the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 pending in the Irish parliament. If approved, the bill could be implemented later in 2019, with the first reports due in 2020 or 2021 for organizations with 250 or more employees. The law would extend to employers with 150 or more employees two years later and to firms with 50 or more employees after three years.
Here are several key requirements proposed in the bill: