Gender pay gap data highlights the urgent need for change

Kieran Mulvey, Chairperson, Adare Human Resource Management

More women than ever are graduating with top degrees from Irish third-level institutions, so why are they still so poorly represented at the higher echelons of the employment scale, asks Kieran Mulvey, chairperson of Adare Human Resource Management.

Mulvey knows his way around employment legislation. A former director-general of the Workplace Relations Commission and chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission, he has been charged with some of Ireland’s most significant employment disputes. ...