Eir narrows gender pay gap to 1.59% with bonuses for women [Video]

Eir has narrowed its gender pay gap to 1.59% from 5.5% last year and remains on course to close it completely by 2030.

The telecoms group said in its 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report that its mean gender pay gap has decreased from 11.2% or 9.6 percentage points since 2021, the year it started publishing pay gap data.

Eir credited improved gender balance, particularly in senior roles and positions with higher compensation, and bonus payments that predominantly benefit female workers for its progress.

The company acknowledged that progress in reducing the gap would be slower without the bonuses due to higher male representation in technical roles that offer overtime and other allowances.

Additionally, Eir has a higher number of men with longer tenure in senior roles, inflating their overall compensation, while its part-time workers are mostly women.

Over the past three years, however, Eir has seen an increase in female representation in senior roles and in traditional male-dominated areas such as engineering and …