Government Guidance is Published on how to Calculate the Gender Pay Gap

Last Friday (10^th May), the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth published its guidance on how employers can calculate the Gender Pay Gap in their Organisation.

Minister Roderic O’Gorman is bringing a draft of a new Work-Life Balance Bill before Cabinet today, aimed at providing more family friendly workplaces.

A first time Statutory Sick Pay entitlement for all employees moved closer to enactment with the announcement yesterday, by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD.

Talks on a new wage deal are due to take place in May.

Minister for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English, has approved an Employment Regulation Order for the Contract Cleaning Industry, which provides for a pay increase for the Sector.

Tuesday 1^st February 2022 saw a new Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) come into effect for the Construction Industry.

In this month’s HR and Employment Law newsletter Adare Human Resource Management has covered topics which include The Return to the Office, Adare HRM Published Latest HR Barometer Report 6.1, Case Law Reviewed and In Case You Missed It.

Plans for the introduction of a mandatory living wage will be brought before the Government ahead of the summer recess.

President Michael D Higgins signed the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law on 31^st March 2022.