NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL STANDARD ORDER

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL STANDARD

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.119

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

NATIONAL STANDARD ORDER

1st January, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE 349 of 2019.

The title of this order is the National Minimum Wage

National Standard Order.

The national minimum wage per week related to a

normal working week shall be as follows

Age 18 years and over ……………………… € 179.33

Age 17 years ……………………….…….…. € 172.55

Under 17 years …………………….……….. € 169.71

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

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 2020 shall not be less than those laid down by such

Wages Council Wage Regulation Order, applicable for the year 2019

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 2020.