
2020 No. 347 (W. 78)
Agriculture, Wales
The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2020  (revoked)
Made 26th March 2020
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 27th March 2020
Coming into force 1st April 2020
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PART 1 Preliminary
Title and commencement
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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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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 with fixed working days employed throughout the annual leave year
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Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers with variable working days 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 Revocation and transitional provision
Revocation and transitional provision
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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 12

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SCHEDULE 5
ANNUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT
Articles 30 and 31

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SCHEDULE 6
PAYMENT IN LIEU OF ANNUAL LEAVE
Article 36

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