National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2021

L.N. 462 of 2021

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2021

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, 2021.

This order shall come into force on the 1 st January 2022.

(2)

The national minimum wage per week related to a normal

working week shall be as follows

Age 18 years and over ………………………€182.83

Age 17 years ……………………….…….….€176.05

Under 17 years …………………….………..€173.21

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

2022 shall not be less than those laid down by such Wages Council

Wage Regulation Order, applicable for 2021 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

2022. €0.09