National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (Prescribed Courses of Study Or Training) Regulations, 2000

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2000
• Citation: IR SI 99/2000

I, Mary Harney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 (1) of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (No. 5 of 2000), and by reference to section 16(1) of that Act, make the following regulations:
	Citation	1. These regulations may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (Prescribed Courses of Study or Training) Regulations, 2000.
	Definitions	2. In these regulations, in relation to a course of study or training -
“approach” means the training methods and techniques, and how the learning will be delivered;
“assessment and certification procedure” means how the course is to be assessed for certification purposes and identifies the certifying body or the arrangements concerning written confirmation of the employee's completion of the course identifying the level of employee attainment against the objectives, which must include provision for the employee's signature;
“directed study or training” means planned and structured study or training which is insulated from immediate operational job pressures and can be delivered inside or outside the workplace;
“duration” means the total time allocated to the course in terms of hours per week and number of weeks; the duration of all main elements including workplace training and directed training, as appropriate, and the assessment time should be clearly shown;
“objectives” means the expected performance to be demonstrated by the employee at the end of the overall period of the course; that is, what the employee will be able to do on completion of the course in terms of knowledge, practical and personal skills to be demonstrated;
“outline plan” means the content of each module of the course which should state the titles, sequence of delivery, and time (in days/weeks/months) of each module;
“purpose” includes the rationale for the course, describing what it is expected to achieve and the expected outcomes of the training in terms of trainee opportunities;
“record system” means the types of records to be kept for the purposes of-
(a) planning and implementing the study or training;
(b) showing progress against the training objective;
(c) administration;
“title” means the name of the course;
“workplace training” means planned and structured study or training carried out under normal operational job pressures.
	Prescribed courses of study or training	3. A course of study or training that satisfies the...