Gender Equality Number of women on ISEQ20 boards increases, but progress on senior leadership balance stays slowThe percentage of women on the boards of ISEQ20 firms is now 40 per cent, according to a new study
Employment Median salary for Irish men almost €8,000 higher than that of womenMedian annual earnings - the number in the middle of the CSO data set - was €45,537 a year for males and €37,782 a year for females
Stock Take Glaring lack of women leading Irish publicly listed companies cannot be ignored any longerThe latest gender balance statistics suggest Ireland is ahead of its targets, but the lack of women leading stock-market listed companies is cause for concern
News Number of female CEOs across publicly listed companies falls to 9 per centThere are only two female chairs across all publicly listed companies
Comment Carol Andrews and Aongus Hegarty: More women are business leaders, but we still have a way to go The latest CSO Gender Balance in Business Survey shows progress in getting more females into senior roles, but no grounds for complacency
Gender Equality Number of female CEOs in Ireland increases – reportFemale chairpersons increased to almost 19 per cent
Companies Lack of climate targets among reasons 21% of investors voted against chair - Grafton GroupWoodies-owner launched consultation after shareholders voted not to to re-elect Michael Roney in May
Comment Lucinda Creighton: Government in a quandary as vote on gender could hand it a bloody noseThere were plans to put the referendum before the people but there’s a realisation now among ministers that the issues are potentially far more contentious than they bargained for
Banking Bank of Ireland appoints new chief operating officer of retail divisionAppointment comes with the bank under pressure over gender balance in senior roles
This Working Life The future of sales is female: why the sector needs a rebrandAlthough the role of sales has changed, some of the old cliches remain and the industry has one of the worst gender gaps of all. Companies need to do more to encourage female talent and to shed any ‘hard sell’ image
Legal Architect says her award in ‘draining’ WRC gender discrimination case unlikely to encourage others Auveen Coombes-Lynch won her action over a a “toxic” male culture in the Housing Agency
Gender equality Women must comprise 40% of public company boards by 2026European Parliament has approved the Women on Boards directive 10 years after it was first proposed
This Working Life This Working Life: Tackling the gender gap needs to start with education Businesses have to start encouraging young women to work with them by engaging with schools and colleges
This Working Life This Working Life: Employers must act now to meet deadline on gender pay gap reportingGuidance setting out in detail what is required of firms under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act has been published by the government
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Gender diversity in financial services sector ‘remains insufficient’Report from Central Bank of Ireland found female representation among senior role appointees stood at 31 per cent in 2021
Testing service helps lab tech firm to combat the challenge of CovidAfter an initial ‘panic’, Evelyn O’Toole pivoted her firm CLS to provide coronavirus testing for medtech clients
Female executives more likely to be hired externally than promoted from withinIn the companies surveyed by the CSO two-thirds of all appointments to senior executive posts within the past two years came from within the business, with one-third of positions filled externally.