Yes there are minimum rates of pay and these are contained in the National Minimum Wage Act (as amended)

 

The current minimum rates of pay (as at April 2020) are:

Minimum hourly rate of pay % of minimum wage
Experienced adult worker (+20) €10.10 100%
19 years old €9.09 90%
18 years old €8.08 80%
Under 18 €7.07 70%

 

  • For the purposes of the national minimum wage your gross wage is your basic salary and any shift premium, bonus or service charge.
  • If you receive food and accommodation from your employer, the following amounts are included in the minimum wage calculation:

€0.87 per hour for full board only

€23.15 for lodgings only per week, or €3.32 per day

 

  • There are a number of items that are not to be included in the minimum wage calculation, these are:

Overtime premium, Call-out premium, Service pay, Unsocial hours premium, Tips which are placed in a central fund managed   by the employer and paid as part of your wages, Premiums for working public holidays, Saturdays or Sundays, Allowances for special or additional duties, On-call or standby allowances, Certain payments in relation to absences from work, for example, sick pay, holiday pay or pay during health and safety leave, Payment connected with leaving the employment including retirement, Contributions paid by the employer into any occupational pension scheme available to you, An advance payment of, for example, salary: the amount involved will be taken into account for the period in which it would normally have been paid, Payment in kind or benefit in kind, other than board and/or lodgings, Payment not connected with the employee’s employment, Compensation for injury or loss of tools, Award as part of a staff suggestion scheme, Loan by the employer to employees, Redundancy Payments

  • The National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (as amended) applys to all employees except the following:

1. close relatives of the employer such as a spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, brother and sister

2. apprentices

  • Minimum rates of pay for particular categories of employees may also be contained in Employment Regulation Orders  (EROs), Registered Employment Agreements (REAs) and Sectoral Employment Orders (SEOs).