
JLC/REA Rates of Pay

Title:		Hotels (Other excluding Cork)

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HOTELS (except the County Borough of Cork and the areas known, until 1st January, 1994, as the County Borough of Dublin and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire)

Statutory Minimum Rates of Remuneration

Section I

All hotel workers while training

	From 16th September 2009
(i) Under 18	€248.31
(ii) Age 18 and over 1st one-third period (not exceeding 12 months)	€265.93
2nd one-third period (not exceeding 12 months)	€283.55
3rd one-third period (not exceeding 12 months)	€319.20
Following completion of 3rd period	€354.43

Note:
Training is formal structured training as defined in accordance with Section 16 of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000.

Section II

Experienced Adult Hotel Worker

	From 16th September 2009
(i) Cook
Trained	€354.43
Second Head Cook	€382.09
Head Cook	€399.99

(ii) Waiter/Waitress	€354.43
2nd Head Waiter/Waitress	€362.71
HeadWaiter/Waitress	€373.11

(iii) Barperson	€354.43
2nd Head Barperson	€362.47
Head Barperson	€372.38

(iv)House Assistant/General Worker*	€354.43

(v) Porter	€354.43
2nd Head Porter	€362.71
Head Porter	€373.00

*Note:
This rate applies to a worker able and willing, as required, to perform the general work of a hotel not covered in the other job descriptions herein, as part of normal duties.

Section III

Hotel Workers not covered by Section I or Section II

	From 16th September 2009
(i) Under age 18	€248.31
(ii) First year after date of first employment over age 18	€283.55
(iii) Second year after date of first employment over age 18	€319.20

Section IV

Board & Lodgings
If a hotel employee receives board and lodgings, board only or lodgings only from his employer, the following amounts may be deducted from his pay:

€54.13	for full board and lodgings per week*, or €7.73 per day
€32.14	for full board only per week*, or €4.60 per day
€21.85	for lodgings only per week*, or €3.14 per day.

Full board means an entitlement to three meals a day in the hotel. No compensatory payments are due for not availing of this entitlement, with the exception of statutory entitlements.

*Per week means a 7 day week.

Service Charge

Where service charge is distributed to an employee through the payroll, the amount so distributed can form part of the weekly earnings referred to above. This and other components which may be taken into account to determine an employee’s average rate of pay are set down in Part 1 of the Schedule to the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000.