National Minimum Wage National Standard

L.N. 339 of 2008

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

National Minimum Wage National Standard

Order, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 4 of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Minister for Social

Policy, on the recommendation of the Employment Relations Board,

has made the following order:-

The title of this order is the National Minimum Wage

National Standard Order, 2008 and it shall come into effect on the

1 st January, 2009.

The national minimum wage per week related to a normal

working week shall be as follows

Age 18 years and over ………………… € 146.47

Age 17 years ……………………….… € 139.69

Under 17 years ……………………..... € 136.85

The national minimum wage of part-time employees shall

be calculated pro rata at the same hourly rate of a comparable whole-

time employee, or in cases where there is no equivalent whole-

time employee, at an hourly rate not below the National Standard

Minimum Wage applicable, as determined in accordance with the

preceding article and divided by forty.

Where any Wages Council Wage Regulation Order applies

to any employee, the wages payable to such employee shall not be

less than those laid down by such Wages Council Wage Regulation

Order, adjusted for cost of living by successive increases of wages

declared to be generally applicable to all whole-time employees in

terms of article 8 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act,

or by any successive wage increases for cost of living laid down by

any National Standard Order.

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