PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES WAGES COUNCIL WAGE REGULATION ORDER *

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.75

PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES WAGES COUNCIL

WAGE REGULATION ORDER *

1st January, 2002

LEGAL NOTICE 264 of 2000, as amended by Legal Notices 427 of 2007,

126 of 2010, 362 of 2012, 334, 444 of 2013, 482 of 2014, 5 of 2016, 97 and

383 of 2017 and 104 and 351 of 2019, 469 of 2020, 464 of 2021, 335 of

2022, 286 of 2023, 341 of 2024 and 288 of 2025.

(1) The title of this Order is Private Security Services

Wages Council Wage Regulation Order.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the 1st January, 2002

save for the provisions of article 8 which shall come into force on

the 1st January, 2003

Provided that during the period between the 1st January,

2002 and the 1st January, 2003, the applicable overtime rates for

whole-time employees shall be at a normal flat rate for each hour of

work or part thereof.

(3) The provisions set out in this Order shall apply to all

employees in respect of whom the Private Security Services Wages

Council operates.

In this Order unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

"week" means a calendar week;

"day" means a period running from midnight of one day to

midnight of the next following day;

"weekly day of rest" means a period of twenty-four consecutive

hours commencing at the time at which the employee would

normally commence his turn of duty;

"time-and-a-half" and "double-time" mean respectively one and a

half times, and twice, the minimum time rate applicable to the

employee;

"part-time employee" means an employee whose normal hours of

work, calculated on a weekly basis or on average over a period of

employment of up to one year, are less than the normal hours of

work of a comparable whole-time employee and who is not a

whole-time employee with reduced hours;

"whole-time employee" means an employee who is deemed to be

a whole-time employee in terms of any recognized conditions of

employment;

"wage" means any financial remuneration or earnings payable in

money by an employer to his employee;

"period of employment" means the time in any day during which

employees are at the disposal of the employer, but inclusive of the

*This Order has been repealed by Legal Notice 112 of 2026.

intervals allowed for meals and rest;

"half-day" means a period of twelve consecutive hours;

"hours of work" means the time on any day on which employees

are on duty in accordance with the normal hours of work described

as per article 3;

"customary holidays" means the days (other than Sundays)

declared for the time being to be public holidays by or under the

National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act.

The minimum weekly wage shall be related to an average

of forty hours per week calculated initially over a period of six

consecutive weeks, and thereafter commencing on the following

first Monday, provided that the hours of work shall not exceed

forty-eight hours in any one week.

The minimum weekly wages payable to whole-time

employees shall be as follows

(a) Wardens .........................................€261.17

(b) Other employees

at age 18 years and over .........................€229.44

under 18 years of age ............................ €226.23

Part-time employees shall be paid pro rata at a basic

hourly rate not less than that applicable to whole-time employees,

that is, the rate per week shown in article 4 divided by forty

Provided that -

(i)

those part-time employees who work an average

of more than thirty hours per week but less than

thirty-five hours per week spread over a six-

week period are entitled to a pro rata of the

bonus granted to whole-time employees

according to the Act and of the weekly

allowance granted to whole-time employees in

terms of article 4 of the Weekly Allowance

National Standard Order;

(ii) those part-time employees who work an average

of thirty-five hours or more per week spread

over a six-week period are entitled to the full

bonus granted to whole-time employees

according to the Act and to the full weekly

allowance granted to whole-time employees in

terms of article 4 of the Weekly Allowance

National Standard Order.

Whole-time employees shall be entitled to intervals for

meals and rest of thirty minutes in the aggregate on any one day,

taking into account the exigencies of the work.

A whole time employee shall be entitled to one day of rest

every week provided that -

(a) this day of rest is predetermined by a roster; and

(b) this day of rest is given after not more than six

consecutive working days.

In the case of whole-time employees, overtime rates shall

be payable as follows

(a) for all time worked in excess of thirteen hours in any

one day ............................................. time-and-a-half;

(b) for all time worked in excess of forty-eight hours in

any one week .................................... time-and-a-half;

(c) for all time worked in excess of an average of forty

hours per week spread over six consecutive weeks

.......................................................... time-and-a-half;

(d) (i) for all time worked on the first pre-determined day

of rest .......................................... time-and-a-half;

(ii) for all time worked on the second or only pre-

determined day of rest ....................... double time

Provided that when an employee is called for work on

any day of rest, a minimum of three hours are to be

paid at the appropriate rate shown in this same

paragraph;

(e) for all extra hours worked on a customary holiday,

over and above the normal hours ............. double time

Provided that nothing in this article shall be interpreted as

conferring a right upon any person to be paid more than once at

overtime rates in respect of the same hours worked.

Vacation leave entitlement shall be four working weeks

and four working days and all customary holidays with full pay. If

an employee is required to work on a customary holiday as part of

his normal hours of work, he shall be entitled to another day off to

be availed of in agreement with his employer.

(1) For the first six months of employment, a whole-time

employee shall be entitled to the equivalent in hours of a maximum

of six working days sick leave on full pay, less an amount equal to

the sum set for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate established

under the Social Security Act, and part-time employees shall have a

pro rata entitlement to sick leave in hours on full pay, less an

amount equal to the sum set for sickness benefit entitlement at the

rate established under the Social Security Act, which amount is

also to be calculated on a pro rata basis

Provided that -

(a) the first three days of any claim for sick leave shall be

paid in full by the employer;

(b) a medical certificate covering the period of absence is

produced to the employer on the day of return to work

or, if such period of absence is longer than seven days,

within seven days of the onset of sick leave absence;

(c) employees in receipt of a social security pension in

respect of retirement or widowhood in terms of the

Social Security Act shall, for the purpose of

calculating the sick leave pay due, be deemed to have

received an amount equal to the sum set for sickness

benefit entitlement at the rate established under the

Social Security Act.

(2) A whole-time employee shall in every calendar year be

entitled to the equivalent in hours of fifteen days sick leave on full

pay, less an amount equal to the sum set for sickness benefit

entitlement at the rate established under the Social Security Act,

and part-time employees shall have a pro rata entitlement to sick

leave in hours on full pay, less an amount equal to the sum set for

sickness benefit entitlement at the rate established under the Social

Security Act, which amount is also to be calculated on a pro rata

basis

Provided that -

(a) the first three days of any claim for sick leave shall be

paid in full by the employer;

(b) a medical certificate covering the period of absence is

produced to the employer on the day of return to work

or, if such period of absence is longer than seven days,

within seven days of the onset of sick leave absence;

(c) employees in receipt of a social security pension in

respect of retirement or widowhood in terms of the

Social Security Act shall, for the purpose of

calculating the sick leave pay due, be deemed to have

received an amount equal to the sum set for sickness

benefit entitlement at the rate established under the

Social Security Act.

(3) A whole-time employee shall in every calendar year be

entitled to the equivalent in hours of a further fifteen days sick

leave on half pay, less an amount equal to half the sum set for

sickness benefit entitlement at the rate established under the Social

Security Act, and part-time employees shall have a pro rata

entitlement to sick leave in hours on half pay, less an amount equal

to half the sum set for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate

established under the Social Security Act, which amount is also to

be calculated on a pro rata basis

Provided that -

(a) the first three days of any claim for sick leave shall be

paid at half pay by the employer;

(b) a medical certificate covering the period of absence is

produced to the employer on the day of return to work

or, if such period of absence is longer than seven days,

within seven days of the onset of sick leave absence;

(c) employees in receipt of a social security pension in

respect of retirement or widowhood in terms of the

Social Security Act shall, for the purpose of

calculating the sick leave pay due, be deemed to have

received an amount equal to half the sum set for

sickness benefit entitlement at the rate established

under the Social Security Act.

(4) The employer may require a medical certificate by his own

physician to certify incapacity for work during the period of

absence.

(5) The sick leave entitlement granted by virtue of this

paragraph shall be calculated on the basis provided for annual leave

as specified in regulation 8(1) of the Organisation of Working Time

Regulations.

A whole-time employee shall be entitled to a maximum of

one year injury leave on full pay, less the full amount of any injury

benefit to which such employee may be entitled in terms of the

Social Security Act, provided that such injury occurs during the

actual discharge of such employee’s duties and is not due to

contributory negligence on his part or to any contravention by him

of safety rules laid down by the employer or by law.

A whole-time employee shall be allowed three working

days leave on full pay on the occasion of his marriage and two days

leave on full pay on the occasion of the birth of a child to his wife.

Whole-time employees called for jury service shall be

allowed all necessary time-off to enable them to attend to such

service in Court without loss of pay.

A whole-time employee shall be allowed three days leave

on full pay on the occasion of the death of any of the following

relatives: the wife, husband, father, mother, (or the person who at

the time is acting as the father or mother), son, daughter, brother or

sister.