2025 is expected to be a busy year for employment law changes in Ireland. The Maternity Protection Act 2024 affords additional protection to employees who become ill while on maternity...

Almost one year after the enactment of the Gender Pay Gap (Information) Act 2021 ("Act") in July 2021, the Government recently published the Employment Equality Act...

On 20 April 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a feedback report on the review it carried out last year on a cohort of Irish fund management companies on board effectiveness through the lens...

The European Union (Gender Balance on Boards of Certain Companies) Regulations 2025 (the Regulations) transpose the EU Gender Balance on Boards Directive into Irish law, establishing new measures to address gender balance on the boards of large EU listed companies.

On 30 March, 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "CBI") published a revised individual questionnaire ("IQ") template and guidance for regulated financial service providers ("RFSPs")...

Our Charities Governance Toolkit allows you to select any number of areas where you believe more focused and in-depth guidance and operational know-how may be needed to set your organisation up for success.

Regulations introduced in 2025 impose new board gender balance obligations on many Irish companies listed on certain EU markets, with gender balance targets for both executive directors and non-executive directors (“NEDs”) to be achieved by 30 June 2026.

This draft legislation proposes, among other things, to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 (1998 Act) and transpose a number of the requirements of the Pay Transparency Directive...

At William Fry, diversity, equity and inclusion are fundamental to who we are. We are committed to building a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

On 16 November 2023, following a consultation process on Consultation Paper 153 (CP153), the Central Bank published a Feedback Statement and issued final form Regulations...

Last week, the much anticipated Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 (the "Bill") was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas and is with the President to be signed into law.

The Central Bank of Ireland has released a consultation paper ("CP160") proposing amendments to the Fitness and Probity regime.

On 7 June 2023, the European Union ("EU") Pay Transparency Directive (the "Directive") came into effect. Member States will need to transpose the Directive into national law within three years...

The pace of change with regard to attitudes, laws and regulations on climate change matters in the ten years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 has been head spinning.

On 10 April 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland launched a consultation on revisions to its Fitness and Probity (F&P) regime.

Following its consultation process earlier in the year, the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") has published a Feedback Statement and issued Regulations...

The Commission consultation on CSRD Level 2 measures, detailing the sustainability reporting standards for in-scope companies, closed on 7 July 2023.

The Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank”) has published its findings from a review of board effectiveness through the lens of diversity and inclusion (“D&I”) in the fund management company (“FMC”) sector — the first standalone D&I review conducted in this sector. The Central Bank’s overall assessment is that, while some positive practices were identified, more work needs to be done to enhance board effectiveness through the lens of D&I, with issues identified in governance processes across all firms reviewed and varying levels of understanding of D&I leading to uneven embedding of D&I across those governance processes.

Diversity, equity and inclusion ("DE&I") initiatives continue to be incorporated into European financial services legislation apace, particularly in the context of the achievement of wider environmental, social...

Employers looking for alternative ways to ensure key employees are incentivised to perform and grow value in the business should consider equity plans.