Working below minimum wage

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If an employer ask's employee to work below minimum wage due to downturn and employee accepts is this legal,
From E9.10 per hr to E8.00 per hr,
so question is can someone work below the minimum wage
 
It is possible for an employer to claim inability to pay, and agree a rate below min wage. I was under the impression that it had to be done through official channels like NERA or some other gov institution.
 
I'm sure that there are some people working below minimum wage but I do not accept that it is legal.

I'm looking forward to somebody providing a link to prove me wrong.

Marion
 
Yes, there is allocation for a sub minimum wage. Have a read at this here

Also, below is extract directly related to question above
Exemption for employer

If an employer cannot afford to pay the national minimum wage due to financial difficulty the Labour Court may exempt an employer from paying the minimum wage rate for between 3 months and 1 year. Only 1 such exemption can be allowed.
The employer must apply to the Labour Court for the exemption with the consent of a majority of the employees, who must also agree to be bound by the Labour Court decision.
The employer must demonstrate that he/she is unable to pay the national minimum wage and that, if compelled to do so, would have to lay-off employees or terminate their employment.
An exemption may only be sought from paying the full rate of the national minimum wage, not for cases covered by the reduced rate, for example, employees who are under 18 years of age.
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Is 9.10€ the minimum wage these days? A lot has changed in the last ten years....:cool: I used to be on 6.35€/hour but that's beside the point and doesn't answer OPs question.

As Marion pointed out, I can't see it being legal and as bacchus stated, it is certainly not on a permanent level. So Labour Court it is for that particular employer to get 1 exemption.
 
alaskaonline said:
Is 9.10€ the minimum wage these days? A lot has changed in the last ten years....:cool: I used to be on 6.35€/hour but that's beside the point and doesn't answer OPs question.

As Marion pointed out, I can't see it being legal and as bacchus stated, it is certainly not on a permanent level. So Labour Court it is for that particular employer to get 1 exemption.
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€8.65 is the current minimum wage.
 
But different classes of employee under the remit of the labour court have higher minimums.
 
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