Minimum Wage

Rates with effect from 1st April 2010

The minimum hourly rates are:-

• A worker aged 18 years or over - £6.20 (from 1st November 2011)

• A worker who has attained school leaving age but not 17 - £4.67

• A worker aged 17 years but not 18 - £5.24

• A Worker aged 18 or over, receiving DED accredited training who is within the first 6 months of employment with his or her employer - £5.24

Accommodation offset: the maximum accommodation offset is:

• 96p per hour; or
• £5.50 per day; or
• £38.50 per week

Further information

Further information about the minimum wage can be found at section 5.21 of the guide IOM Employment Rights and Responsibilities: a guide for Employers, Employees and Workers. Click here

For further details please contact the Employment Services Inspectorate - Tel: (+44) 1624 682385/6 email inspectors@ded.gov.im

Agricultural workers

The Agricultural Wages Board of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, fixes the minimum wage rates for agricultural workers. For further information click here

Downloadable Documents
Minimum Wage Act 2001 (105 kb) Format:Acrobat PDF File
Minimum Wage (Single Hourly Rate) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 (412 kb) Format:Acrobat PDF File
Minimum Wage (Accommodation) Regulations 2009 (469 kb) Format:Acrobat PDF File
Minimum Wage Regulations 2001 (1663 kb) Format:Acrobat PDF File Minimum Wage Regulations 2001
Minimum Wage Regulations (Young Workers Etc). Regulations 2007 (46 kb) Format:Microsoft Word Minimum Wage Regulations (Young Workers Etc). Regulations 2007

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