Hire and pay employees in

Ireland, hassle-free

Hire and pay employees in Ireland, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Ireland. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Ireland is 1 day with Deel.

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Capital

Dublin

Official Language

English and Irish

Payroll Cycle

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Ireland with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Ireland, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Ireland quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Ireland
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Ireland within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Pension PRSA
  • Private Health Insurance - Invesco Brokers (Optional)

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Ireland

Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in Ireland

Minimum Wage Requirements

Minimum wage is EUR 11.30 per hour.

Individual Income Tax

Income tax is calculated based on a tax rate band. The individual income tax is 20% until a certain level of income and 40% for any amount above that income. 20% is known as the standard band rate whereas the 40% is known as the higher band rate. The amount of income at the different tax rate bands is dependent on marital status.

Income tax is calculated by:

  • Applying the standard rate of 20% to the income in your weekly rate band
  • Applying the higher rate of 40% to any income above your weekly rate band

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 11.05% of the employee salary.

  • Social Security - 11.05%

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday. The maximum hours are 48 hours per week.

Overtime payment is not mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. 

The maximum average weekly working hours (including overtime) over a 4 month period cannot exceed 48 hours. 

There is no statutory overtime pay, and overtime compensation is based on the employment agreement. Employers can provide compensation financially or provide paid time off at a future date.

Maternity Leave

Pregnant employees who qualify for maternity leave are entitled to 26 weeks of paid leave.

The employee will receive a percentage of their salary based on employment history and amount of social insurance paid, where the maximum amount (full-rate maternity benefit) amounts to €245 per week. The PRSI will be responsible for the pay.

The employee can extend leave for 16 additional days. This leave is unpaid.

To qualify, an employee must meet one of the following conditions:

  • Must have at least 39 weeks PRSI paid in the 12 months before the first day of maternity leave
  • At least 39 weeks PRSI paid since first starting work and at least 39 weeks PRSI paid or credited in the Relevant Tax Year or in the year following the Relevant Tax Year
  • At least 26 weeks PRSI paid in the Relevant Tax Year and at least 26 weeks PRSI paid in the Tax Year prior to the Relevant Tax Year

Paternity Leave

Employees are entitled to 2 weeks of paid paternity leave. The employee will receive a percentage of their salary based on employment history and the amount of social insurance paid. 

The maximum amount (full-rate paternity benefit) amounts to €245 per week. The Department of Social Protection will be responsible for this pay.

Parental Leave

In Ireland, no law covers parental leave. However, employees may be entitled to maternity leave and paternity leave.  

Sick Leave

Employees in Ireland are entitled to 3 days of company-paid sick leave at 70% of their regular salary up to a maximum of €110/day. From 2024 onwards, employees in Ireland will be entitled to 4 days of company-paid sick leave. If the employee is off work sick for more than 3 days, and they have enough PRSI contributions, they can apply to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) for a payment called Illness Benefit.
The sick leave entitlement will increase in the coming years:
- 2023: 3 days
- 2024: 5 days
- 2025: 7 days
- 2026: 10 days

Sick leave is not prorated. Part time employees are entitled to the same allowance.

Termination Requirements

Terminations must respect complex rules and the rules of an employee’s employment country. The off-boarding is always handled by the Employer with the primary stakeholders. It may include ad-hoc fees as well as required or recommended steps on specific termination cases.

Termination in Ireland can be complex and must be based on performance or redundancy reasons (serious cause, unfit for the role, extinction of the role).

Compliant terminations include:

  • Voluntarily by the employee
  • By mutual agreement
  • Unilaterally by the employer based on:
    • Probation period
    • Objective grounds
    • Disciplinary dismissal (Gross misconduct, fraud, repeated breach of rules)
    • Performance due to unsuitability for the job
    • Physically or mentally incapable of performing duties
    • Ceases to be eligible to work in Ireland
  • By the expiration of the contract

Notice Period

The minimum notice period is 1 week and will be increased according to the length of the employment.

  • Between 13 weeks to 2 years of employment - 1 week of notice
  • Between 2 to 5 years of employment - 2 weeks of notice
  • Between 5 to 10 years of employment - 4 weeks of notice
  • Between 10 to 15 years of employment - 6 weeks of notice
  • More than 15 years of employment - 8 weeks of notice

Severance for Employees

In Ireland, employers can make a payment in lieu of notice. 

The employer may terminate the employee without giving the employee full notice and instead pay the base salary which the employee would have been entitled to receive during the notice period (or if notice has already been given, during the remainder of the notice period).

In eligible cases of termination, severance is paid depending on the employee's salary and length of employment.

Severance equals 2 weeks of base pay for every year of employment (pro-rata) plus 1 additional week's pay up to a maximum of €600 per week.

To protect you from unforeseen financial risks arising from terminations, Deel applies a Severance Accrual to all employment agreements in this country.  Deel has extensive expertise in managing litigation risk globally and our Severance Accrual calculation is based on the prevailing common-law or statutory entitlements and local best practices. In the event your employee resigns or is not entitled to severance, all unused amounts will be returned to you.

Paid Time Off

Full-time employees are entitled to 20 days of paid time off (PTO) a year. Part-time employee are entitled to leave worth 8% of the hours worked. PTO accrues monthly, with 1.6 days of PTO granted per month for full-time employees. There is minimum length of employment for employees to take leave.

Public Holidays

Ireland celebrates 10 national holidays. National public holidays include:

  1. New Year’s Day: January 1
  2. St. Brigid's Day: February 6
  3. Saint Patrick’s Day: March 17
  4. Easter Monday
  5. Early May Bank Holiday: First Monday in May
  6. June Bank Holiday: First Monday in June
  7. August Bank Holiday: First Monday in August
  8. October Bank Holiday: Last Monday in October
  9. Christmas Day: December 25
  10. Saint Stephen’s Day: December 26

Onboarding

Onboarding takes 1 business day after the client signs the SOW.

Employment Contract Details

Contracts must be in English and can be translated to another language (employee's native language if required). They must be in writing and signed by both parties.

A contract must include:

  • Name
  • Address of employee
  • Start date and finish date
  • Place of work
  • Salary (Rate of pay)
  • Working hours
  • Annual holiday entitlement
  • Method of payment
  • Sick Leave
  • Notice Period
  • Overtime rates (if any)
  • Bonus (if any)
  • Other general contractual obligations (disciplinary procedures, harassment policies, smoking / vaping, use of company equipment/phones, etc.)
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Hiring in Ireland, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Ireland with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Ireland and 150+ countries.

Group (8)

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

11.05%

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