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0000-0002-7599-5255

Abstract

This examination primarily explores Gender Pay Gap Reports for the Irish higher education sector, which reveal significant gender pay inequality in favour of men over the first 3-year period of mandatory reporting (2022 through 2024). Given the only marginal annual improvements in pay parity by gender observed, it is projected that at current levels it may take between 9 and 25 years to achieve mean and median pay parity. This is the first time that standardised information on this issue has been available for most employers in Ireland. The process of deriving these figures is then critiqued as they may exclude large numbers of women, often working in low-paid jobs in universities. This suggests that actual pay differentials may be considerably higher than reported. The potential of invoking the Public Sector Duty to include these workers is explored. Proposed explanations for observed gender pay gaps are analysed, and those that lean towards victim-blaming are explored in greater depth. The issue of bullying and toxic cultures in university structures is also explored in-depth.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

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