First time job payment in Ireland

Hello everyone,

I applied for work as a first time work in Ireland

The Resturant told me, because it's my first time to work in Ireland i should get paid less than the minimum average

Anyone knows anything about this?

Thank you in advance

No, the employer is obliged to pay you at least a minimum whatever is assigned . But sometimes it happens so that they pay less then minimum. It is not lawfull.

Under no circumstances should the employer pay you less than minimum. That is unlawful. Even with the minimum wage itself it is quite difficult to live in places like Dublin.

The employer may have said this for a reason.
Hourly rate depends on your age.

You should check this link for more information.
Hope it helps.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/e ... _wage.html

There was possibly miscommunication as well. Employer might tell you that you will be on emergency tax first week because you can't manage to register with revenue on time. If it is the case you can receive those money back in end of year.
https://www.revenue.ie/en/jobs-and-pens ... index.aspx

Stanina wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:55 am

There was possibly miscommunication as well. Employer might tell you that you will be on emergency tax first week because you can't manage to register with revenue on time. If it is the case you can receive those money back in end of year.
https://www.revenue.ie/en/jobs-and-pens ... index.aspx

It is some sort of ‘standard’ or ‘conventionalised’ process for certain takeaways/restaurants. When I applied for my first part-time job here in a pizza takeaway, I was told the exact same thing - they reduce half of the salary for the first two weeks because they need to ‘train’ me. They reduce another half because they need to provide equipment etc. They didn’t even pretend to want to pay any tax, as no one has ever asked me for a PPSN at any stage.
I was then told by a second restaurant that they only pay tax for full-time employees, which is again bs. I walked away from these employers because I understood what’s right. However, when you are a newcomer, you are more likely to be deceived.

Even right now when I open a popular local chat group, there are a number of restaurant recruitment ads that says ‘no pay for the first week’, some of these right in the Dublin city centre.

The OP should clarify with the restaurant what they actually mean. Emergency tax is possible but less unlikely than those ‘conventionalised’ way of trying to deceive newcomers and pay them less.

Unfortunately he just wanted to use me, they don't have that good reputation where I live but that's all the opertunities for now, he wanted me to sign a year contract and to pay me 7.50~8.50 because it's my first job in Ireland As am not European, I knew that he zaying nonsense and kind of he want to make me a slave

Am 25 years