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Info Salary

Minimum gross wage

10.1 per hour national minimum wage

19.96 skilled

19.37 per hour skilled

17.97 per hour skilled

6.64 of salary per hour apprentice

9.98 per hour apprentice

14.97 per hour apprentice

17.97 per hour apprentice

14.52 unskilled workers without any experience of construction work

Salary per category

Unskilled

13.77 EUR per hour

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Grade D Construction Worker
Nationally Agreed Rate non statutory

Skilled

15.46 EUR to 22.56 EUR per hour

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Nationally Agreed Rate non statutory

Beginners / young workers

6.65 EUR to 17.96 EUR per hour

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Apprentice Craftsman Rates

Info Working time

Daily

8 to 12 hours per day

Weekly

39 to 40 hours

Overtime

4 hours per day

8 hours per week

Breaks

10:00 AM

10 minutes

Lunch

From 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Info Travel abroad and lodging

Within Ireland

Accommodation allowance

181.6 EUR per week as per revenue guidelines

Info Premiums

Overtime

150 % of salary per hour

Working on Saturdays

First 4 hours : 150 % of salary per hour

After 4 hours : 200 % of salary per hour

Working on Sundays

200 % of salary per hour

Working on public holidays

Not mandatory

Allowed

200 % of salary per hour

Annual leave 1 annual holidays allowance

Shift work

Allowed

Annual holidays allowance

Applicable

Info Holidays

Number of holidays

23 days per year

9 public holidays

Public holidays

9 days per year

1st January

17th March

Easter Monday

May Day

First Monday in June

First Monday in August

Last Monday in October

25th December

26th December

Info Sickness and injuries

Sickness/illness

200 per week maximum 50 days per year

Work injuries/accidents 100,000 additional pension funds

Info Contacts

SIPTU - Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union

Construction Sector, TEAC Division, SIPTU,
Liberty Hall
Dublin 1

Tel. 01-8586300

W. http://www.siptu.ie/

E. teac@siptu.ie

You can contact us in the following languages

English, Irish, Polish

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