S.I. No. 95/2000 - National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order, 2000

I, Mary Harney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 11 of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (No. 5 of 2000), having taken into account the impact the national minimum hourly rate of pay may have on employment, the overall economic conditions in the State and national competitiveness, hereby order as follows:

1.        This Order may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order, 2000.

2.        The national minimum hourly rate of pay is £4.40.

3.        (1)      The national minimum hourly rate of pay may include the following allowances:

(i)        for full board and lodgings, £42.63 per week or £6.09 per day;

(ii)       for full board only, £25.31 per week or £3.62 per day;

(iii)      for lodgings only, £17.21 per week or £2.47 per day.

(2)      In this article “day” means a day on which the full board and lodgings, full board only or lodgings only, as the case may be, is or are provided by an employer to an employee.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order sets the national minimum hourly rate of pay at £4.40 and also sets out the monetary allowances for (i) full board and lodgings, (ii) full board only and (iii) lodgings only, which may be included by an employer in calculating the national minimum hourly rate of pay of an employee, not exceeding those specified in the Order.