224 tal-1997
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
l.N. 224 of 1~7
CONnTTIONS OF "; i\U'LOYMENT (REGULATION) ACT
(C Al'. 135)
Nalionall\'linirnum Wage National Standard
O rd er (No . 2). 1997
IN e xercise of the !X)wers conferred by section 4 of the Conditions
of Employmen t (Regulation) Act. the Minister fOf Social Welfare . on
the recommendation of the La bou r Board . has made the following
order:-
I. This order may be cited as the Natio nal Minimum Wage
National Standard Order (No.2) . 1997. and it shall come into effcct on
the 1st January . 1998 .
( I) The National Minimum Wage per week rel ated to a
normal work ing wee k shall be as follows
18 years and over .................................. Lm4S .63c per week
17 years ............ , ......................... , .......... Lm42,72c per week
Under 17 years .... .. ........ ........... ............. Lm41 .5Oc pe r week.
The Nalional Minimum Wage of part ti me emp loyees shall
bcpro ( 11111 at an hourly mte not below the National Standard Mini mum
Wage applicable . as deteml ined in accordance with the preccdingarticle
hereof and divided by forty.
4 . Where any Wages Council Wage Reg ulation Order applies 10
any employee. the wages payable to such employee shall nOI be less
than those lai d down by such Wages Council Wage Regulation Order.
adjusted for cost of living by successive increases of wages declared to
be ge nerall y applicable to all whole-time employees in tenus of section
16 o f the Cond itions o f Employment (Reg ulation) Act, o r by any
successive wage increases for cost of living laid down by any national
smndard order.
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tal -l'Iajja stabbilit; b ' ~i ordni ta' J/wrdurd nazzjonali.