National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2020

L.N. 467 of 2020

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4 of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Minister within the

Office of the Prime Minister, on the recommendation of the

Employment Relations Board, has made the following order:-

(1) The title of this order is the National Minimum Wage

commencement.

National Standard Order, 2020

This order shall come into force on the 1 st January 2021.

(2)

The national minimum wage per week related to a normal

working week shall be as follows

(a)

Age 18 years and over …………………...€ 181.08

(b)

Age 17 years ……………………….…….€ 174.30

(c)

Under 17 years …………………….……..€ 171.46

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 (40).

Where any Wages Council Wage Regulation Order applies

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

year 2021 shall not be less than those laid down by such wages

Council Wage Regulation Order, applicable for the year 2020 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 2021.

€0.09