Updated to 10 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 474 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
National Minimum Wage Act 2000
No. 5 of 2000
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 1 April 2000 | National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2000 (S.I. No. 96 of 2000), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited National Minimum Wage Acts | 22/2015, s. 1(2) | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| Act included in definition of employment, relevant enactments | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 part 1 item 7 | 1 August 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 338 of 2015), art. 2(a) |
| Provisions specified for the purposes of | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 41(2), sch. 5 part 3 item 4 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Applied | S.I. No. 142 of 2008, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, para. 2 | ||
| S.I. No. 93 of 2008, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 244 of 2007, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. I | |||
| S.I. No. 228 of 2007, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, para. 2 | |||
| S.I. No. 190 of 2007, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 24 of 2006, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 723 of 2005, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, para. 2 | |||
| S.I. No. 702 of 2005, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, para. 2 | |||
| S.I. No. 376 of 2005, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. I | |||
| S.I. No. 375 of 2005, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 702 of 2004, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. 2 | |||
| S.I. No. 518 of 2004, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. 1 | |||
| S.I. No. 144 of 2004, art. 3, schedule, pt. II | |||
| S.I. No. 33 of 2004, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 185 of 2003, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 136 of 2002, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 123 of 2001, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| S.I. No. 236 of 2000, art. 3, schedule, pt. III | |||
| Min. may refuse permit for offence under | 16/2006, s. 12(1)(c), schedule 1, s. 41(4) | 1 January 2007 | Employment Permits Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 682 of 2006), art. 2 |
| Orders made under applied | S.I. No. 7 of 2007, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. I | ||
| S.I. No. 518 of 2004, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. 1 | |||
| Transfer of functions | S.I. No. 438 of 2020, arts. 1(2), 2, 3, sch., part. 1 | 14 October 2020 | S.I. No. 438 of 2020, 2 |
| S. 2(1) amended | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 3(a) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 3(a) |
| 22/2015, ss. 4(a), 4(b), 10(a)(i) | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment | |
| S. 2(2) amended | 11/2013, ss. 1(2), 72(1), schedule 6, item 29 | 1 July 2013 | Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 211 of 2013), art. 4 |
| S. 2(2A) inserted | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 3(b) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 3(b) |
| S. 2(3) amended | 22/2015, s. 10(a)(ii) | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5 renumbered as s. 5(1) | 10/2007, ss. 1(2), 37 | ||
| S. 5(a) amended | 24/2010, ss. 1(2), 170, schedule, pt. 5, item 20 | 1 January 2011 | Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 648 of 2010), art. 3 |
| S. 5(2) inserted | 10/2007, ss. 1(2), 37 | ||
| S. 8(2)(ii) amended | 8/2023, ss. 1(3), 37 | 3 July 2023 | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 341 of 2023), art. 2(b) |
| S. 8(2)(ii) substituted | 19/2001, s.29 | 2 July 2001 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10 applied | S.I. No. 602 of 2010, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. 3 | ||
| S.I. No. 164 of 2010, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. 3 | |||
| S. 10A inserted | 22/2015, s. 5 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10B inserted | 22/2015, s. 6 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10C inserted | 22/2015, s. 7 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10C(1) substituted | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 4(a) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 4(a) |
| S. 10C(3)(a) substituted | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 4(b)(i) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 4(b)(i) |
| S. 10C(3)(f) amended | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 4(b)(ii) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 4(b)(ii) |
| S. 10C(3)(g)(iii) amended | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 4(b)(iii) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 4(b)(iii) |
| S. 10C(3)(h)-(j) substituted | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 4(b)(iv) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 4(b)(iv) |
| S. 10C(6) substituted | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 4(c) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 4(c) |
| S. 10C(9) substituted | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 4(d) | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 4(d) |
| S. 10CA inserted | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 5 | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 5 |
| S. 10D rate prescribed | S.I. No. 8 of 2020, arts. 1(2), 2 | 1 February 2020 | S.I. No. 8 of 2020, 2 |
| S.I. No. 440 of 2017, arts. 1(2), 2 | |||
| S.I. No. 516 of 2016, art. 1(2), 2 | |||
| S.I. No. 442 of 2015, arts. 1(2), 2 | |||
| S. 10D inserted | 22/2015, s. 8 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10D(1A) amended | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, reg. 6 | 15 November 2024 | S.I. No. 633 of 2024, 6 |
| S. 10D(1A) inserted | 48/2019, ss. 28(1)(a), 28(2) | 24 December 2019 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10D(2)(a) amended | 48/2019, ss. 28(1)(b)(i), 28(2) | 24 December 2019 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10D(2)(ab) inserted | 48/2019, ss. 28(1)(b)(ii), 28(2) | 24 December 2019 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10E inserted | 22/2015, s. 9 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| Pt. 3 (ss. 11-21) applied | 13/2012, ss. 1, 6(2)(b)(i) | 5 December 2011 | S. 1(2) |
| S. 11 repealed | 22/2015, s. 3 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 11 application restricted | S.I. No. 374 of 2014, regs. 1(2), 18 | ||
| S. 11 national minimum hourly rate of pay prescribed | S.I. No. 331 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 2 | ||
| S.I. No. 13 of 2011, regs. 1(2), 2 | |||
| S.I. No. 667 of 2006, arts. 3, 4 | |||
| S.I. No. 203 of 2005, art. 3 | |||
| S.I. No. 250 of 2003, art. 3 | |||
| S.I. No. 201 of 2000, arts 3, 4 | |||
| S.I. No. 95 of 2000, arts. 2, 3 | |||
| S. 11 substituted | 38/2010, s. 13(a) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 11(1) substituted | 9/2011, s. 22 | 29 June 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12 repealed | 22/2015, s. 3 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12(2) amended | 38/2010, s. 13(b) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13 repealed | 22/2015, s. 3 | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13(5) amended | 38/2010, s. 13(c)(i) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13(5)(a) deleted | 38/2010, s. 13(c)(ii) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13(5)(b) deleted | 38/2010, s. 13(c)(ii) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13(5)(c) deleted | 38/2010, s. 13(c)(ii) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13(5A) inserted | 38/2010, s. 13(c)(iii) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13(7) amended | 38/2010, s. 13(c)(iv) | 22 December 2010 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 14 substituted | 38/2018, ss. 1(2), 1(3), 18(a) | ||
| S. 14 subcontracted posted worker remedy under | S.I. No. 412 of 2016, reg. 9(1)(a) | ||
| S. 15 substituted | 38/2018, ss. 1(2), 1(3), 18(b) | ||
| S. 15 subcontracted posted worker remedy under | S.I. No. 412 of 2016, reg. 9(1)(a) | ||
| S. 16 deleted | 38/2018, ss. 1(2), 1(3), 3(b) | ||
| S. 16 subcontracted posted worker remedy under | S.I. No. 412 of 2016, reg. 9(1)(a) | ||
| S. 16 courses of study or training prescribed | S.I. No. 99 of 2000, reg. 3 | ||
| S. 16 applied with modifications | S.I. No. 418 of 2015, arts. 2, 3, schedule | ||
| S.I. No. 417 of 2015, arts. 2, 3, schedule | |||
| S. 19 amended | 22/2015, s. 10(b)(i) | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 19(5) amended | 22/2015, s. 10(b)(ii) | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 23 relevant offence for the purposes of | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 36 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 23 fixed payment for offence under | S.I. No. 419 of 2015, reg. 3 | ||
| S. 23(4)(a) amended | 22/2015, s. 10(c) | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| Part 5 (ss. 24-40) redress and appeal procedures for disputes | (16/2015, ss. 41, 44 and sch. 5 part 3 item 4, sch. 6 part 1 item 13, sch. 6 part 2 item 13 | ||
| S. 24(1) substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 24(2) amended | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 24(3) deleted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 24(4) amended | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 24(5)-(7) deleted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 25(1) amended | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 25(2) deleted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 25(3) substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 26 substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 26 relevant redress provision specified | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 41(5)(b)(ii), schedule 6, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 26(1) references construed | S.I. No. 412 of 2016, reg. 9(3)(b) | ||
| S. 27 repealed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), 8(2), 8(7), schedule 2, pt. 1, item 12 | ||
| S. 28 repealed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), 8(2), 8(7), schedule 2, pt. 1, item 12 | ||
| S. 29 substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 29 relevant redress provision specified | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 44(1)(b)(i), schedule 6, pt. 2, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 30 repealed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), 8(2), 8(7), schedule 2, pt. 1, item 12 | ||
| S. 31 repealed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), 8(2), 8(7), schedule 2, pt. 1, item 12 | ||
| S. 32 repealed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), 8(2), 8(7), schedule 2, pt. 1, item 12 | ||
| S. 33 repealed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), 8(2), 8(7), schedule 2, pt. 1, item 12 | ||
| S. 34(6) renumbered as s. 34(7) | 1/2016, s. 18 | 8 February 2016 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 34(6) inserted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), 52(3), schedule 7, pt. 1, item 13 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 43 references construed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 57(2), 57(3) | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Sch. renumbered | 22/2015, s. 10(d) | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
| Sch., pt. 1 applied | S.I. No. 359 of 2009, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | ||
| S.I. No. 149 of 2008, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | |||
| S.I. No. 4 of 2007, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | |||
| S.I. No. 558 of 2015, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | |||
| S.I. No. 15 of 2004, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | |||
| S.I. No. 96 of 2003, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | |||
| S.I. No. 137 of 2002, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | |||
| S.I. No. 400 of 2000, art. 3, schedule, pt. II, s. IV | |||
| Sch. 1, part 1, para. 5 substituted | S.I. No. 260 of 2023, reg. 2(a) | 24 May 2023 | S.I. No. 260 of 2023, 2(a) |
| Sch. 1, part 2, para. 5 substituted | S.I. No. 260 of 2023, reg. 2(b) | 24 May 2023 | S.I. No. 260 of 2023, 2(b) |
| Sch. 2 inserted | 22/2015, s. 10(e), schedule | 15 July 2015 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 3 | National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 260 of 2023) |
| S. 3(1) | National Minimum Wage Order 2025 (S.I. No. 472 of 2025) |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2024 (S.I. No. 563 of 2024) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2023 (S.I. No. 497 of 2023) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2022 (S.I. No. 500 of 2022) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2021 (S.I. No. 517 of 2021) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order (No. 2) 2020 (S.I. No. 427 of 2020) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2020 (S.I. No. 8 of 2020) | |
| National Minimum Wage (Prescription of percentages of hourly rates of pay) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 72 of 2019) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2018 (S.I. No. 402 of 2018) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2017 (S.I. No. 440 of 2017) | |
| National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (Prescribed Courses of Study or Training) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No. 99 of 2000) | |
| S. 3(2) | National Minimum Wage (Prescription of percentages of hourly rates of pay) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 72 of 2019) |
| S. 10D(1) | National Minimum Wage Order 2016 (S.I. No. 516 of 2016) |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2015 (S.I. No. 442 of 2015) | |
| S. 10D(1)(a) | National Minimum Wage Order 2025 (S.I. No. 472 of 2025) |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2024 (S.I. No. 563 of 2024) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2023 (S.I. No. 497 of 2023) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2022 (S.I. No. 500 of 2022) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2021 (S.I. No. 517 of 2021) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order (No. 2) 2020 (S.I. No. 427 of 2020) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2020 (S.I. No. 8 of 2020) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2018 (S.I. No. 402 of 2018) | |
| National Minimum Wage Order 2017 (S.I. No. 440 of 2017) | |
| S. 11 | National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 667 of 2006) |
| National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 203 of 2005) | |
| National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 250 of 2003) | |
| National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) (No. 2) Order, 2000 (S.I. No. 201 of 2000) | |
| National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order, 2000 (S.I. No. 95 of 2000) | |
| S. 11(1) | National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Section 11) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 331 of 2011) |
| National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Section 11) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 13 of 2011) | |
| S. 15 | National Minimum Wage (Prescription of percentages of hourly rates of pay) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 72 of 2019) |
| S. 19(3) | National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 260 of 2023) |