# The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2024 (revoked) W.S.I. 2024/390 · made 15 March 2024 · revised to 1 April 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-wages-wales-order-2024-revoked/pdf/wsi_20240390_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Agriculture, Wales Made 15 March 2024 Laid before Senedd Cymru 19 March 2024 Coming into force 1 April 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Title and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Agricultural workers ## 3 Terms and conditions of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Grades and categories of agricultural worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Agricultural Development Worker Grade A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Agricultural Worker Grade B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Advanced Agricultural Worker Grade C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Senior Agricultural Worker Grade D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Agricultural Manager Grade E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Apprentices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Agricultural minimum wage ## 11 Minimum rates of pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Minimum rates of pay for overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Minimum rates of pay for output work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Protection of pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Accommodation offset allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Payments which do not form part of an agricultural worker’s remuneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Training costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Entitlement to agricultural sick pay ## 18 Entitlement to agricultural sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Qualifying conditions for agricultural sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Periods of sickness absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Limitations on entitlement to agricultural sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Determining the amount of agricultural sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Agricultural sick pay to take account of statutory sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Payment of agricultural sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Employment ending during sickness absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Overpayments of agricultural sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Damages recovered for loss of earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Entitlement to time off ## 28 Rest breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Daily rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Weekly rest period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Annual leave year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers with fixed working days employed throughout the annual leave year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers with variable working days employed throughout the annual leave year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers employed for part of the leave year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Timing of annual leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Holiday pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Public holidays and bank holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Payment in lieu of annual leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Payment of holiday pay on termination of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Recovery of holiday pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Bereavement leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Determining the amount of bereavement leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Agricultural bereavement leave pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Unpaid leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Revocation and transitional provision ## 45 Revocation and transitional provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 MINIMUM RATES OF PAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 ANNUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 PAYMENT IN LIEU OF ANNUAL LEAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATIONS OUTSIDE WALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/390 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-wages-wales-order-2024-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.