National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2023

L.N. 287 of 2023

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4 of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Minister responsible for

employment and industrial relations, on the recommendation of the

Employment Relations Board, has made the following order:-

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

commencement.

National Standard Order, 2023.

This order shall come into force on the 1 st January, 2024.

(2)

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act; Cap. 452.

"Agreement" means the National Agreement on the

Minimum Wage Recommendations by the Low Wage

Commission signed on the 25 th October 2023 between the

Government, the trade unions and organisations of employers as

represented on the Malta Council for Economic and Social

Development.

The national minimum wage per week related to a normal National

working week shall be in accordance with the said Agreement as minimum wage.

follows

Age eighteen (18) years and over ………………€213.54

Age seventeen (17) years ……………………….€206.76

Under seventeen (17) years ……………………..€203.92

The national minimum wage of part-time employees shall Part-time

be calculated pro rata at the same hourly rate of a comparable whole- employees.

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

2024 shall not be less than those laid down by such Wages Council

Wage Regulation Order applicable for 2023, adjusted for cost of living

by any increases of wages declared to be generally applicable to all

whole-time employees in accordance with article 8 of the Act, or by

any wage increases for cost of living laid down by any national

standard order applicable in respect of 2024.

€0.18