An Irish minimum wage worker has warned others to check their payslips after he spotted a mistake on his this month.

Ireland brought in a new hourly rate for minimum wage workers increasing it up to 10.50 from January 2022.

Although there are a number of different rates, depending on an employee’s age, most people’s payslips should have had a little boost this month.

However, one worker discovered his payslip remained the same as before, after looking into it this week.

He wrote on social media: “I work at a retailer, and when I went to check my payslip for this week, it said my hourly rate was 10.20.

“Similarly when I went to check my shifts for the coming two weeks they came with an advertised rate of 10.20.”

He eventually received a call from HR who informed him that because the company is incorporated outside of Ireland, they would be keeping 10.20 as their rate of pay.

However, according to Irish law, if you ask your employer to pay the national minimum wage you are entitled to, you are protected by law from victimisation or dismissal.

In addition, if you are fired for asking for the national minimum wage, you can claim for unfair dismissal.

“You can do this regardless of length of service or number of hours worked per week.”

After organising another call with the company's HR team he was able to switch his pay up to the new national sum of 10.50 an hour but is now warning others to check their weekly pay for any errors.

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