[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fupdates\u002F2016\u002Fminimum-wage-in-ireland-rises-to-20ac9-15-per-hour-march-17-2016":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},7302,"minimum-wage-in-ireland-rises-to-20ac9-15-per-hour-march-17-2016","Minimum wage in Ireland rises to €9.15 per hour  - March 17, 2016",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fupdates\u002F2016\u002Fminimum-wage-in-ireland-rises-to-20ac9-15-per-hour-march-17-2016","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2026-03-23T10:33:31.111546+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F7302\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Minimum Wages","minimum-wage",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Minimum Wages Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2016",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fupdates\u002F2016\u002Fminimum-wage-in-ireland-rises-to-20ac9-15-per-hour-march-17-2016\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-02T22:37:37.003364+02:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The national minimum wage has increased to €9.15 per hour from January 1st, 2016 following a recommendation from the \u003C\u002Fspan>Low Pay Commission\u003Cspan>. \u003Cspan>(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\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cstrong>.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cspan>)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>\u003Cspan>A single person on the minimum wage working 39 hours per week will be better off by €708 per year or €14 per week as a result of the increase. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>\u003Ca class=\"internal-link\" data-linktype=\"internal\" data-old_url=\"resolveuid\u002F8a3c26f2f57e44a5b2aefed5a4a1cbac\u002Fireland\" data-plone_href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fsalary\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fireland\" data-val=\"8a3c26f2f57e44a5b2aefed5a4a1cbac\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fcountries\u002F\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">Find out more about Minimum Wage in Ireland\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]