Ireland's gender pay gap legislation has been enacted and the legislation requires employers to disclose the pay gap between male and female employees. It already impacts public and private sector employers with more than 250 employees. In 2024 it is extended to organisations with 150 or more employees and in 2025 it will apply to organisations with 50 or more employees.

This course will give a detailed guide on Gender Pay Gap Reporting regulations and a strategic view of the many complex tasks you need to complete to comply with the new rules.

Course Content

Morning

• Background to GPG and the need for change
• Understanding the primary requirement of the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021
• How is ‘pay’ defined by the regulations?
• What do the regulations say about bonuses?
• Are benefits-in-kind covered?
• When must you start collecting data?
• Collecting the data - ensuring data protection compliance
• What is the correct way to calculate the pay gap?
• Pay gap or unequal pay, critical differences.
• The importance of assessing the cause of the pay gap.
• What, if any, other data must be collected for reporting?
• Data Protection considerations
• How must the information be reported?
• How to approach a Gender Pay Action Plan
• Grounding the Plan’s narrative in a EDI framework
• Key lessons for implication and review

Afternoon – From an accounting perspective & calculations

• Overview of the gender pay gap report (a quick recap from what was presented in the first session), including:
  • Dates
  • Format
  • Content
• Hourly Remuneration calculation
  • Formula
  • Ordinary Pay
  • Bonus remuneration
  • Total working hours formula
• Means and Medians and how to interpret them for the GPGR
• Quartiles and pay bands
• Metrics: Difference in remuneration (8 required statistics in the report)
• Metrics: Percentages (4 required statistics in the report)
• Metrics: Quartiles (12 required statistics in the report)
• Centering the GPGR report narrative around the metrics

Who Should Attend

HR and payroll professionals and advisors; Company Secretaries; Finance Directors; Managing Directors, CEOs, Operations managers and all people who deal with staff remuneration and benefits.

Certification

On completion of this one-day training course, you will receive your Certificate of Attendance. Please note certificates are issued at the close of the training course to participants on completion of the course.

This course may qualify for CPD points. Please check directly with your association or awarding body to see how many points they will award.

Cost

An ‘Early Bird’ discounted rate of €495 is currently available. This training course normal rate is €595. Places are limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY BIRD RATE CLOSES 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO COURSE DATE. The course cost includes all course documentation and Certificate of Attendance.