National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2018

L.N. 441 of 2018

L.N. 441 of 2018

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4 of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Minister for European

Affairs and Equality, on the recommendation of the Employment

Relations Board, has made the following Order:-

The title of this order is the National Minimum Wage

commencement.

National Standard Order, 2018 and this Order shall come into force on

the 1 st January, 2019.

The national minimum wage per week related to a normal

working week shall be as follows

Age 18 years and over ……………………… € 175.84;

Age 17 years ……………………….…….…. € 169.06;

Under 17 years …………………….……….. € 166.22.

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 Wages Council Wage Regulation Order, or in cases where

a Wages Council Wage Regulation Order is not applicable, at an

hourly rate not below the National Standard Minimum Wage

applicable, as determined in accordance with the article 2 and divided

by forty (40).

Where any Wages Council Wage Regulation Order applies

to any employee, the wages payable to such employee in respect of the

year 2019 shall not be less than those laid down by such Wages

Council Wage Regulation Order, applicable for the year 2018 adjusted

for cost of living by any 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 wage increases

for cost of living laid down by any National Standard Order applicable

in respect of the year 2019.

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