National Minimum Wage National Standard

L.N. 378 of 2009

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

National Minimum Wage National Standard

Order, 2009

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, 2009 and it shall come into effect on the

1st January, 2010.

The national minimum wage per week related to a normal

working week shall be as follows

Age 18 years and over ………………… € 152.29

Age 17 years ……………………….… € 145.51

Under 17 years …………………….…… € 142.67 .

The national minimum wage of part-time employees

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

whole-time employee as applicable in accordance with the

minimum wage of the relevant Wage Regulation Order, or in cases

where a Wage Regulation Order is not applicable, 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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