
2023 No. 260 (W. 37)
Agriculture, Wales
The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2023 (revoked)
Made 2 March 2023
Laid before Senedd Cymru 7 March 2023
Coming into force 1 April 2023
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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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Agricultural Development Worker Grade A
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Agricultural Worker Grade B
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Advanced Agricultural Worker Grade C
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Senior Agricultural Worker Grade D
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Agricultural Manager Grade E
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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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Protection of pay
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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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Daily rest
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Weekly rest period
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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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Agricultural bereavement leave pay
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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
MINIMUM RATES OF PAY
Article 11

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SCHEDULE 2
ANNUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT
Articles 32 and 33

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SCHEDULE 3
PAYMENT IN LIEU OF ANNUAL LEAVE
Article 38

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SCHEDULE 4
EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATIONS OUTSIDE WALES
Articles 6, 7 and 8

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