As of 1st February, as set out in the National Minimum Wage Order 2020, Ireland’s minimum wage has increased to €10.10 per hour or part thereof, based on age of employee.
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Calculating hourly rate
As stated in the National Minimum Wage Order 2020, the basic
calculation is the gross pay is divided by the total number of hours worked. Your Gross pay should include;
Shift premium
Bonus
Service Charge
Board (if applicable, 0.90c per hour worked)
Lodgings (if applicable, €23.86 per week or
€3.42 per day)
As per the National Minimum Wage
Order 2020, it must be clear what pay is taken into account, working hours and
the period it covers. Hours worked should take into account overtime, travel
(where this is part of the job) and training
The following do not count as pay and cannot be included
when calculating the minimum wage;
Overtime premium
Call-out premium
Service pay (tips paid directly to you)
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 you receive when absent from work, for example sick pay, holiday pay or pay during health and safety leave
Payment connected with leaving the employment, including on retirement
Contributions paid by the employer into any occupational pension scheme available to you
Redundancy payments
An advance payment of, for example, salary: the amount involved will be taken into account for the period when you would normally have received it
Payment in kind or benefit in kind, other than board or lodgings
Payment not connected with your employment
Compensation for injury or loss of tools
Award as part of a staff suggestion scheme
Loan by the employer to you
Entitlement
You are not entitled to the national minimum wage if;
Employed by a close relative (i.e
spouse, parent) or
In a statutory apprenticeship or
Under 20 (this Act only guarantees
you a reduced or sub-minimum rate of the national wage, as per table above)
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