Cian Moriarty

Solicitor, Philip Lee

Cian Moriarty regularly supports public sector clients, media industry clients, foreign employers and high net worth private clients with their employment and immigration law requirements. He advises leading Irish and international employers across the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment law, with particular expertise in complex workplace disputes and investigations, executive litigation, business reorganisations and the employment aspects of corporate transactions.

Clients value Cian for combining first-rate technical expertise with commercial judgement. He is regularly instructed on high-value and strategically sensitive matters where reputation, regulatory obligations and operational continuity are critical. His practice spans domestic and international mandates, advising multinational organisations, State bodies, healthcare organisations, technology companies, large construction enterprises and major employers on Irish employment law.

Alongside his practice, Cian plays a prominent leadership role within the profession. He lectures regularly for the Law Society of Ireland on professional ethics and employment-related matters and has served as Chair of the Law Society of Ireland’s Guidance and Ethics Committee. Cian is also EMEA Chair and Global Vice Chair of the Labour law practice Group within Multilaw, an international group of law firms. Cian is also Global Vice-Chair of the Next-Generation Group within Multilaw.

He is also heavily involved in international legal networks (Andersen, Multilaw) regularly advising on cross-border employment and immigration issues and collaborating with leading employment lawyers throughout Europe and beyond. (philiplee.ie)

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Ireland—The EU Pay Transparency Directive

Practice Notes

This Practice Note examines Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 (EU Pay Transparency Directive) which strengthens the principle of equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, through pay transparency and enhanced enforcement mechanisms. It covers the EU Pay Transparency Directive’s scope, key obligations on employers (including pay reporting, recruitment transparency, and workers’ rights to pay information), enforcement and remedies, the transposition deadline of 7 June 2026, and practical compliance steps for Irish employers. It also addresses the interaction with the Employment Equality Act 1998 (Ireland) (as amended, the EEA 1998 (IRL)) and the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (Ireland) (GPGIA 2021 (IRL)).This note does not address the detailed provisions of the GPGIA 2021 (IRL) in isolation, for that, see Practice Note: Ireland—Gender pay gap reporting. For further guidance on the broader EU equal pay framework, see Practice Note: EU employment—Equal treatment and equal pay.Background and purpose of the DirectiveThe EU Pay

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