Into the Portal – Updates to Gender Pay Gap Reporting
Published on: 20/05/2025
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Siobhán Lafferty Senior Associate Solicitor Byrne Wallace Shields LLP
Siobhán Lafferty Senior Associate Solicitor Byrne Wallace Shields LLP
Siobhan lafferty

Siobhán Lafferty is a Senior Associate in the employment law team in Byrne Wallace Shields LLP and has a range of experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.  She regularly advises both employer and employee clients on issues arising from the beginning to the end of the employment relationship, regularly representing clients before the Workplace Relations Commission and in High Court proceedings.

The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality has recently announced that a gender pay gap reporting portal will be launched in Autumn of 2025.  It is expected that around 6,000 employers will be required to report into the new portal when it goes live later this year.  Further to the Minister’s announcement, what will the changes to gender pay gap reporting be when the portal is introduced and what do they mean for employers? 


Changes to Gender Pay Gap Reporting 


Gender pay gap reporting legislation was enacted in 2021 and requires organisations to report on their gender pay gap – ie the difference between the average wages of men and women – across a range of metrics.  This initially

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