L.N. 334 of 2022 addresses the National Minimum Wage related to a normal working week shall be increased as follows, with effect from 1st January 2022. Aged 18 years and over - € 192.73 per week Aged 17 years - € 185.95 per week Aged below 17 years - € 183.11 per week The national minimum wage of part-time employees shall be calculated pro-rata at the same hourly rate of a comparable whole-time employee as applicable in accordance with the minimum wage of the relevant Wages Council Wage Regulation Order, or in cases where a Wages Council Wage Regulation Order is not applicable, at an hourly rate not below the National Standard Minimum Wage applicable, as determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph and divided by forty (40). Wages Council Wage Regulation Orders. Cap. 452. Where any Wages Council Wage Regulation Order applies to any employee, the wages payable to such employee in respect of the year 2023 shall not be less than those laid down by such Wages Council Wage Regulation Order, applicable for the year 2023 adjusted for cost of living by any increases of wages declared to be generally applicable to all whole-time employees in terms of article 8 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, or by any wage increases for cost of living laid down by any National Standard Order applicable in respect of the year 2023. Employees who are on the minimum wage and have been in employment with the same employer for more than a year will have their wages adjusted, upon the completion of one or two years in employment, in accordance with the National Agreement on the Minimum Wage.