SD Worx research finds a quarter of employees in Ireland are paid unfairly at work More about Irish Tech News

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The episode discusses SD Worx's research revealing that many employees in Ireland feel they are paid unfairly, highlighting issues of pay transparency and employee rights.

SD Worx Ireland, a leading payroll and HR solutions provider, has announced the results of new research which found that almost a quarter (22%) of employees in Ireland believe that their pay does not fairly reflect the work that they do. However, a far lower proportion (11%) of employers admit that they do not adequately compensate employees. Independent research from SD Worx, carried out by iVOX, surveyed 1,000 employees and 301 employers in Ireland as the deadline to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into Irish law approaches on 7th June 2026. Under the new rules, employers will be required to adopt much stricter pay transparency, equal pay, and reporting practices. However, the Government has confirmed that Ireland will not meet this deadline to pass the Directive into national law. SD Worx's research shows that as the Directive approaches, some employers still have work to do; 24% of employees say they received a promotion without a pay increase last year. Meanwhile, employees admit that they can struggle to speak up about their entitlements. Less than half (45%) of workers feel comfortable discussing, or asking for, a pay increase. Of these, women (37%) are less…

Topics covered

• pay transparency
• employee compensation
• HR solutions
• workplace rights
• EU directives

Keywords

• pay fairness
• employee rights
• SD Worx
• EU Pay Transparency Directive
• HR solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SD Worx, iVOX

Places: Ireland, EU

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