Irish gender balance progress as firms strive to #EmbraceEquity

Irish-based companies trace their performance on gender pay gaps, pay transparency and executive gender balance

Caitriona Coffey, commercial director, Aon Ireland, Rachael Ingle, CEO, Aon Ireland, and Fiona Buckley, programme director, Irish Management Institute, launching Aon’s new Accelerate programme.

Women have made significant equity gains in the Irish workplace in the past year, as evidenced in findings issued this week as part of International Women Day (IWD) events.

Irish-based companies are taking time to measure their own performance across gender pay gaps, pay transparency and executive and board-level gender balance. They are examining a range of policies around parental leave, as well as fertility, pregnancy loss and menstrual leaves.