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Irish Government commits to report results of gender pay gap surveys

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The gender pay gap is one of the very last frontiers to expose in Ireland to create true equality between the sexes. 

A submission from the Irish Women's Council of Ireland found that on average, childless women earn 17 per cent less than men, while working mothers earn 14 per cent less than their male counterparts. 

The Irish Government intends to introduce gender pay gap wage surveys for companies with 50 or more employees.

In the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020, the Government made a commitment to report the results of to intends to publish the results of such surveys, to get a clear picture of the wage gap landscape in this country. 

'A series of measures are proposed to address the gender pay gap,' reads the National Strategy for Women and Girls.

'These will include the introduction of wage surveys to be undertaken by companies with more than 50 employees and the development of practical tools to enable companies to calculate and to address the gender pay gap'

The IMPACT Trade Union has been working tirelessly to amplify awareness of the pay gap in Ireland, and previously developed a highly intuitive #ClockedOut campaign to address the 71 minutes per day that women are essentially working for free compared to their male counterparts. 

'It’s great to see that the new National Women’s Strategy has committed to the principle of gender pay gap reporting,' said IMPACT spokesperson Lughan Deane

'This is a major breakthrough in the campaign for gender pay equality in Ireland. IMPACT is proud to have played a role in that campaign.'

A Labour Party gender pay gap reporting Bill will be introduced in the Senate later this month.

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