NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL STANDARD ORDER

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

NATIONAL STANDARD

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.123

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL

STANDARD ORDER

1st January, 2022

LEGAL NOTICE 462 of 2021.

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 ………………………€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.