Agri-Business
Despite mandatory gender pay gap reporting, Ireland's biggest dairy co-operatives remain male-dominated at board level.
Male staff at the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) earned an average of 8.05% more per hour than their female colleagues, a new report said.
Male staff at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) earned an average of 9.7% per hour more than their female colleagues.
The gender pay gap at the DAFM continues to decline with male employees now earning 9.5% more than females, figures show.
The gender pay gap between male and female fullt-ime staff at Teagasc is 12% according to the organisation's Gender Pay Gap Report 2022.
