#InPictures: Senator Ivana Bacik discusses gender pay gap bill at McCann FitzGerald seminar
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Pictured (l-r): Mary Brassil, Partner, Employment Pensions and Incentives Group, McCann FitzGerald; Terence McCrann, Head of Employment Group, McCann FitzGerald; Senator Ivana Bacik, Barrister and Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin; and Tamsin Sridhara, Senior Director within Willis Towers Watson’s GB HR consulting team and leader on Gender Pay Gap Reporting.
Senator Ivana Bacik joined McCann FitzGerald and global advisory company Willis Towers Watson at a special breakfast seminar this morning to discuss the implications of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill.
Senator Bacik, a barrister and Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin, told the event: “In Ireland, women earn approximately 14 per cent less than men, a figure equating to women in full-time employment working for free for about over one month in every year.
“Despite changes in gender equality generally and progressive change for women’s rights in Ireland over the past 11 years, it has been estimated that the gender pay gap has narrowed only four percentage points. At current rates, the National Women’s Council estimates it will take up to 170 years before it fully closes. We cannot wait that long, and the government should take the opportunity to now proceed with legislation.”
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