Know Your Rights: Changes to minimum wage for people under 18

Know Your Rights: Changes to minimum wage for people under 18

Question 
What are the recent changes to the minimum wage?

Answer 
The national minimum wage has not changed and is still €9.80 for adult workers over 18.

However, from 4 March 2019, the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 abolished training rates. These were minimum rates which applied to employees aged over 18 undergoing a course of structured training or directed study. The Act also simplifies sub-minimum rates based solely on age from March 2019. See table below for the rates on or after 4 March 2019.

Rates on or after 4 March 2019

Minimum hourly rate of pay, € % of minimum wage
National minimum wage 9.80 100
Aged under 18 - 6.86 70
Aged 18 -  7.84 80
Aged 19 -  8.82 90
From 4 March 2019, training rates are abolished.

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