Síobhra is a Partner in the Employment, Immigration and Reward department and head of the Dublin office at Lewis Silkin.
She has practised employment law for more than twenty years and has expertise in a wide range of employment law issues, both contentious and non-contentious. She also advises international clients establishing in Ireland – including on contracts of employment, handbooks policies and procedures. She has advised on internal commercial re-organisations, transfer of undertakings, employment issues and the employment provisions in commercial transactions and has represented clients in all adjudicatory bodies in Ireland including the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, the Circuit and High Courts and the Court of Appeal.
She is consistently ranked in the Chambers Europe legal directory, where she is described by a client as "responsive, proactive and pragmatic, as well as solution-oriented."
The new guidance and frequently asked questions give helpful information, but the regulations setting out the detail of the reporting obligations under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (the Regulations) have still to be published.
What will employers in Ireland have to do?
Employers will have to report:
- mean and median pay gaps;
- mean and median bonus gaps;
- the proportion of men and women that received bonuses;
- the proportion of men and women that received benefits in kind; and
- the proportion of men and women in each of four equally sized quartiles.
Employers must calculate these statistics for their employees using a snapshot date of their choice in June 2022 and using data from the preceding 12 months. The
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