Section 22, The Industrial Relations and Trade Union Act, 2024

(1) Where an employee in an occupation, being a personto whom a minimum rate of wages fixed by the Joint National Negotiating Board applies, is an apprentice or learner, it shall not be lawful for his employer to receive directly or indirectly from the apprentice or learner, or on his behalf or on his account, any payment by way of premium. (2) An employer who contravenes subsection (1), commits an offence and is liable in respect of each offence to a fine not less than 24 months national minimum wage, and the Court may, in addition to imposing a fine, order him to repay to the employee or other person by whom the payment was made the sum improperly received by way of premium.