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National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Marie Sherlock · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 19 May 2022
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Requires employers to pay the national minimum wage to interns and work-experience participants, amending the 2000 National Minimum Wage Act.
- Closes a gap where interns could previously work without minimum wage protection; extends wage rights to this group.
- Bill did not progress past Second Stage debate and lapsed without becoming law.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad19 May 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad19 May 2022
Debates
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