The Minister of State for Employment, Small Business and Retail, Alan Dillon, has confirmed that he intends to sign a new Employment Regulation Order for the Contract Cleaning Industry.
The Order will revoke the 2024 Order already in place for the Sector and will commence on 17 October 2025. It will provide for a new minimum rate of pay of €14.10 per hour. This rate of pay is to increase on the 1st of January 2026 to €14.80 per hour for workers in the Sector from that date onwards.
The Minister says “I am pleased to sign this new Employment Regulation Order which will provide a welcome and deserved pay increase for workers in this important sector.
It will see the minimum rate of pay of contract cleaning workers increase from the current National Minimum Wage of €13.50 to €14.10 and this is to increase on the 1st of January 2026 to €14.80 per hour.”
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