The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2016

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

6

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Grade 4

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Grade 5

8

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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