The Minimum Wage in Ireland in 2021 is €10.20 per hour.
The minimum wage increased to €10.20 per hour from January 1st 2021.
These are the rates of pay that apply from January 2021
- Aged under 18 : – €7.14 per hour (70%)
- Aged 18 : – €8.16 per hour (80%)
- Aged 19 : – €9.18 per hour (90%)
- Aged 20 or more : – €10.20 per hour
Minimum Wage Rates Ireland in 2020
- Aged under 18 : – €7.07 per hour (70%)
- Aged 18 : – €8.08 per hour (80%)
- Aged 19 : – €9.09 per hour (90%)
- Aged 20 or more : – €10.10 per hour
Someone aged 20 or more on the minimum wage working full time (39 hours a week) would take home just €363 a week.
More here about the Minimum Wage in Ireland 2020
These are the Minimum Wage Rates that applied in Ireland from 4th March 2019 to January 31st 2020
- Aged under 18 : – €6.86 per hour (70%)
- Aged 18 : – €7.84 per hour (80%)
- Aged 19 : – €8.82 per hour (90%)
- Aged 20 or more : – €9.80 per hour
New rules also mean that if a casual/part-time employee is called to work and sent home without receiving the hours expected, the employee is entitled to a minimum payment of three times the national minimum hourly wage.
These are the minimum wage rates that applied from Jan 1st 2019 to March 3rd 2019
- Experienced adult worker €9.80 per hour
- Over 19 and more than 1 but less than 2 years since began first job €8.82 per hour. (90%)
- Over 18 and less than 1 year since began first job €7.84 per hour. (80%)
- Aged under 18 €6.86 per hour (70%)
(An experienced adult worker – for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act – is an employee who has an employment of any kind in any 2 years over the age of 18.)
Government figures show that there are 151,800 employees (i.e. 8.9% of all employees) currently on the minimum wage.
If you think your employer is not paying you the minimum wage you can contact the Workplace Relations Commission, O’Brien Road, Carlow.
Tel – (059) 917 8990