Second Stage Lapsed 26th Seanad 57/2022
National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Marie Sherlock
- Introduced
- 19 May 2022
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
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- 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 timeline
- First Stage 26th Seanad19 May 2022
- Second Stage 26th Seanad19 May 2022