Hiring is where compliance risk quietly builds up for SMEs – inconsistent interview questions, missed right-to-work re-checks, verbal-only offers, and now a new layer landing on top: the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Ireland has confirmed it did not meet the 7 June 2026 transposition deadline, but that’s a grace period, not a reason to wait. This session walks through a practical, low-risk hiring process SMEs can put in place now – before the rules catch up with them.
What we’ll cover:
- The compliant hiring checklist – job ad and criteria, structured interviews, right-to-work verification, reference checks, GDPR and candidate data, and a written offer and contract before day one.
- Pay Transparency Directive readiness – what’s confirmed, what’s still moving in Ireland, and the three things to fix in your hiring process now: pay ranges in job ads, no pay-history questions, and no pay-secrecy clauses.
- Real SME pitfalls, and the fix for each – short, worked examples of where hiring processes commonly break down and cost employers, from undocumented interview criteria to skipped reference checks.
- From Hire Safer to Onboard Faster – how a compliant hire sets up faster, smoother onboarding, and where to go next.
Takeaways
Attendees leave with:
- A repeatable compliant hiring checklist, from job ad through to offer.
- Clarity on where Ireland’s Pay Transparency Directive transposition currently stands, and three concrete steps to take before it lands.
- A free companion resource: the Onboarding & New Starter Policy Template.
Who is this webinar for?
HR managers, founders, and office managers at SMEs who run their own hiring process – typically without a dedicated in-house legal or compliance function – and want to close compliance gaps before they become costly.