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Gender Pay Gap reporting

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Summary

Learn what Gender Pay Gap (GPG) reporting is, how it affects your business, and how to prepare your data in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.

Description

What is Gender Pay Gap reporting?

Ireland enacted the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 on 13 July 2021. The Act requires employers to report pay differences between female and male employees, including bonuses.

Who needs to report?

From 2025, employers with 150 or more employees need to report on their Gender Pay Gap. From 2026, the requirement extends to employers with 50 or more employees.

What do I need to report?

The law regulates how employers calculate and publish:

  • The number of employees
  • Employee pay
  • Mean and median hourly pay for male and female employees
  • Mean and median bonus pay for male and female employees
  • Mean and median pay for part-time and temporary employees
  • The format and frequency of reporting

Resolution

Prepare for Gender Pay Gap reporting

To prepare your payroll data, review each employee’s details in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.

Check that the employment type is correct

  1. Go to Employee Details, then select the Pay/YTD tab.
  2. Select the correct Empl. Type.
    • If this field is blank, the value doesn't appear in the GPG CSV output
  3. If you need to update multiple employees, import employment types into Employee Details to save time.

Check that the standard hours are correct

  1. Go to Employee Details, then select the Payments tab.
  2. Select the correct Std. Hrs.
    • Employees not set up for CSO reporting must still have standard hours entered
  3. If needed, import standard hours into Employee Details to ensure all employees have the correct value.

Check that the employee's gender is correct

  1. Go to Employee Details, then select the Personnel tab.
  2. Select the correct Gender. 
  3. Run the gender identification reports to confirm employee gender information.
  4. If needed, import employee gender information into Employee Details to save time.

 NOTE: Sage 50 Payroll Ireland automatically excludes employees whose finish date falls within the snapshot date range from Gender Pay Gap reporting.

Create Gender Pay Gap reporting files

Once all employee data is accurate, you can create your GPG reporting files directly in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.