Minister to sign Order to increase pay in Contract Cleaning Sector

Minister for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English, has approved an Employment Regulation Order for the Contract Cleaning Industry, which provides for a pay increase for the Sector.

The Order, which will become effective from the 1^st of April 2022, provides for the new minimum hourly rate of €11.55, with further increases to €11.90 per hour from the 1^st of April 2023 and €12.30 per hour from the 1^st of April 2024.

The three increases will be applied to the current €11.20 per hour single minimum rate for the industry, and the cumulative percentage increase amounts to 9.8% over three years.

This ERO proposal will replace an ERO that was signed in 2020 for the Contract Cleaning Sector.