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Companies will have to publish salary ranges in job adverts under new EU transparency rules

The measure is aimed at making sure that women are not paid less than men for doing the same job

Roderic O’Gorman, the Minister for Children and Equality, has confirmed that he intends to implement the pay transparency rules within the EU’s three-year deadline.Picture: Fergal Phillips

Employers will be legally obliged to publish the salary ranges in job advertisements as part of efforts to reduce the gender pay gap.

Many employers currently avoid putting up the pay rates for jobs they are advertising and instead use phrases like “depending on experience” or “competitive salary”.

The measure is aimed at making sure that women are not paid less than men for doing the same job. It is also intended to make it ...