Blended working
Blended working is now a part of our flexible working policies with flexible options to combine office and home/hub working. This policy was introduced in June 2022 as an organisation-wide change to the way in which we worked as an organisation.
Learning and development
Our vision is to empower our employees to be agile, adaptable, resilient, and effective in delivering quality services to our customers. In 2025 we have undertaken several initiatives to achieve these objectives. Our Employee Development Programmes are competency-based upskilling programmes. We ran a total of 19 programmes in 2025 for staff at all grades and have continued to expand our Mentoring programme with over 60 participants with a 50:50 split between males and females. For 2025/26 we have approved 74 applications through the council’s Study Assistance Scheme which assists employees to upskill through academic programmes under this scheme. We have a 60% male and 40% female uptake for the scheme which reflects the overall gender breakdown for the organisation. We continue to enhance our comprehensive onboarding process, culminating in Induction, where new and returning employees are integrated and welcomed to the organisation.
Health and wellbeing
Belonging is one of the four pillars of the Cork City Council People Strategy, with the goal of creating a healthy workplace. A healthy workplace prioritises employee well-being by supporting work life balance, and mental and physical health. In 2025 Cork City Council worked on the development of a Wellbeing Strategy and a Workplace Health Promotion Programme. There was a focus on Men’s Health this year, with several health orientated webinars and information sessions delivered on Prostrate Cancer, Nutrition & lifestyle, Yoga classes and Men’s Health In Numbers . Cork City Council have actively participated in the HSE SunSmart campaign and Green Ribbon mental health awareness campaign.
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CORK CITY COUNCIL GENDER PAY GAP REPORT 2025
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