National Minimum Wage National Standard

L.N. 502 of 2011

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

National Minimum Wage National Standard

Order, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 4 of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Prime Minister,

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, 2011 and it shall come into effect on the

1st January, 2012.

The national minimum wage per week related to a normal

working week shall be as follows

Age 18 years and over ……………………… € 158.11

Age 17 years ……………………….………. € 151.33

Under 17 years …………………….……….. € 148.49.

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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