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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ACT, 2000

Type Act

Publication 2000-03-31

Last updated 2026-01-01

State Partially repealed

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74 amending acts · 2026-01-01, revised-IE-2000-act-5@2026-01-01

Act to provide for the determination, declaration and review of a national minimum hourly rate of pay for employees, the entitlement of employees to remuneration for employment at a rate not less than or calculated by reference to that national minimum hourly rate, the calculation of employees entitlements, the settlement of disputes relating to such entitlements, the enforcement and recovery of wages, the imposition of penalties for breaches of this Act, the amendment of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994, the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997, and the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act, 1984, and for related purposes

Reform history JSON API

(1) The term of office of a member of the Commission is 3 years from the date of his or her appointment.

(2) A person may not be a member of the Commission for more than 2 consecutive terms of office but is otherwise eligible for reappointment.

Resignation and termination of office

(1) A member of the Commission may at any time resign from office by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date specified in the letter or the date the letter is received by the Minister, whichever is the later.

(2) The Minister may remove a member of the Commission from office if, in the opinion of the Minister—

(a) the member has become incapable through ill-health of effectively performing the functions of the office,

(b) the member has committed stated misbehaviour,

(c) the member has a conflict of interest of such significance that, in the opinion of the Minister, the member should cease to hold the office, or

(d) the removal of the member appears to be necessary for the effective performance by the Commission of its functions.

(3) A person shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office as a member of the Commission if he or she—

(a) is adjudicated bankrupt,

(b) makes a composition or arrangement with creditors,

(c) is convicted on indictment of an offence, or is convicted outside the State of an offence consisting of acts or omissions which would constitute an offence triable on indictment if done or made in the State,

(d) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty,

(e) is, or is deemed to be, the subject of an order under section 160 of the Companies Act 1990 or a disqualification order within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014,

(f) is a person to whom a declaration under section 150 of the Companies Act 1990 applies, or

(g) is a restricted person within the meaning of Chapter 3 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014.

(4) Where the Minister appoints a new member of the Commission because a member has died, resigned, been removed from office or become disqualified from holding office, the term of office of the new member shall be for a period of 3 years.

(5) Subject to such rules as the Commission may make regarding a quorum, the Commission may act despite one or more vacancies in its membership.

Remuneration and other terms and conditions of office

Each member of the Commission shall—

(a) hold office on such terms (other than the payment of remuneration and allowances for expenses) as the Minister may determine, and

(b) be paid by the Minister such remuneration (if any) and allowances for expenses (if any) as the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may determine.

Membership of Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority

(1) Where a member of the Commission—

(a) is nominated as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or the European Parliament,

(b) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(d) is regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament to fill a vacancy, or

(e) becomes a member of a local authority,

he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Commission.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit in that House or who is a member of the European Parliament or of a local authority shall, while so entitled or such a member, be disqualified from becoming a member of the Commission.

Appearance before Oireachtas Committees

The chairperson of the Commission shall, whenever requested to do so, account for the performance of the functions of the Commission to a Committee of either House of the Oireachtas.

Procedure and quorum

Subject to this Act, the Commission shall regulate the procedures and business of the Commission, including the fixing of a quorum for meetings of the Commission.]

Footnotes

OJ No. L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33

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