
2016 No. 107 (W. 53)
Agriculture, Wales
The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2016 (revoked)
Made 3 February 2016
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 3 February 2016
Coming into force 26 February 2016
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PART 1 Preliminary
Title, commencement and application
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Interpretation
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PART 2 Agricultural workers
Terms and conditions of employment
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Grades and categories of agricultural worker
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Grade 2
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Grade 3
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Grade 4
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Grade 5
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Grade 6
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Continued Professional Development
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Apprentices
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Flexible workers
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PART 3 Agricultural minimum wage
Minimum rates of pay
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Minimum rates of pay for overtime
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Minimum rates of pay for output work
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Accommodation offset allowance
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Payments which do not form part of an agricultural worker’s remuneration
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Training costs
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PART 4 – Entitlement to agricultural sick pay
Entitlement to agricultural sick pay
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Qualifying conditions for agricultural sick pay
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Periods of sickness absence
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Limitations on entitlement to agricultural sick pay
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Determining the amount of agricultural sick pay
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Agricultural sick pay to take account of statutory sick pay
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Payment of agricultural sick pay
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Employment ending during sickness absence
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Overpayments of agricultural sick pay
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Damages recovered for loss of earnings
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PART 5 Entitlement to time off
Rest breaks
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Annual leave year
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Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers employed throughout the annual leave year
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Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers employed for part of the leave year
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Timing of annual leave
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Holiday pay
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Public holidays and bank holidays
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Payment in lieu of annual leave
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Payment of holiday pay on termination of employment
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Recovery of holiday pay
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Bereavement leave
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Determining the amount of bereavement leave
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Amount of pay for bereavement leave
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Unpaid leave
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PART 6 Transitional and saving provisions
Transitional and saving provisions
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SCHEDULE 1
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCE FOR GRADE 2 WORKERS
Articles 5 and 7

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SCHEDULE 2
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCE FOR GRADE 3 WORKERS
Article 6

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SCHEDULE 3
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCE FOR GRADE 4 WORKERS
Article 7

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SCHEDULE 4
MINIMUM RATES OF PAY
Article 13

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SCHEDULE 5
Annual leave entitlement
Article 32

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SCHEDULE 6
PAYMENT IN LIEU OF ANNUAL LEAVE
Article 37

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