Gender pay gap legislation
Deputy Ryan asked when legislation on publishing the gender pay gap in large companies would be progressed. Deputy Coveney said it remained a programme for Government commitment and he would revert with a date.
Page 77 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce legislation to require publication of the gender pay gap in large companies. Last Monday, 8 November, was Equal Pay Day. On that day women effectively stopped earning relative to men because of our greater gender pay gap of 14.4%. I commend the campaign of WorkEqual to highlight the injustice. When will this legislation be progressed and what action is the Government taking to address the imbalance?
Comment on this
I will have to refer back to the Deputy with a date for the legislation. However, it is a clear commitment in the programme for Government on which we have to follow through.