Payroll & employment
PAYE, employer costs, reporting and practical payroll questions for small Irish employers.
11 practical guides
Irish employment law has seen a wave of changes in recent years — sick pay, auto-enrolment, gender pay gap reporting, right to request remote work, minimum wage increa…
Hiring your first employee in Ireland involves Revenue registration, PAYE Modernisation, PRSI, auto-enrolment, sick pay, and more. Here's everything a first-time Irish…
Running payroll in-house costs more than most business owners realise when time, risk, and errors are properly accounted for. Here's an honest cost comparison of in-ho…
Employer PRSI is one of the biggest payroll costs Irish businesses face — yet many employers don't fully understand how it's calculated or how it affects hiring decisi…
Ireland's gender pay gap reporting obligations are expanding to smaller employers every year. Here's who must report in 2026, what the report must contain, and what ha…
The Sick Leave Act 2022 introduced statutory sick pay for Irish employees for the first time. The entitlement is still phasing in. Here's where it stands in 2026, what…
How you extract money from your own limited company has a major impact on your tax bill. Salary, dividends, pension, or a combination — here's how Irish company direct…
PAYE Modernisation has been live in Ireland since 2019 but many small employers are still not fully compliant. Here's what it requires, the common failures Revenue is …
The Small Benefit Exemption allows Irish employers to give employees up to €1,500 in non-cash benefits per year, completely tax-free. Budget 2026 made it even better. …
The cost of an employee in Ireland is considerably more than their salary. Here's a full breakdown of employer PRSI, sick pay, holiday pay, pension auto-enrolment, and…
Ireland's auto-enrolment pension scheme came into effect in September 2025. Here's what every Irish employer needs to know about eligibility, contributions, opt-out ru…