Minimum rates of pay
- Pay agricultural workers at least the agricultural minimum wage Employer
Welsh Statutory Instrument
2025
United Kingdom
The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2025
At a glance
What's here
10 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Employer 10
Other Acts binding the same actors
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Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Minimum rates of pay for overtime
- Pay agricultural workers overtime at 1.5 times their basic rate Employer
Minimum rates of pay for output work
- Pay output workers at least the agricultural minimum wage Employer
Training costs
- Pay for training costs of agricultural workers Employer
Overpayments of agricultural sick pay
- Do not deduct more than 20% of gross wages for overpaid agricultural sick pay Employer
Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers with variable working days or hours employed throughout the annual leave year
- Calculate annual leave correctly based on average working days Employer
Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers employed for part of the leave year
- Calculate and grant part-year agricultural workers' annual leave Employer
Timing of annual leave
- Allow agricultural workers to take 2 weeks' consecutive leave in second 6 months Employer
Holiday pay
- Pay agricultural workers correctly for annual leave taken Employer
Unpaid leave
- Respond to unpaid leave requests from agricultural workers Employer
Browse 34 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Title and coming into force
Interpretation
Terms and conditions of employment
Grades and categories of agricultural worker
Agricultural Development Worker Grade A
Agricultural Worker Grade B
Advanced Agricultural Worker Grade C
Senior Agricultural Worker Grade D
Agricultural Manager Grade E
Apprentices
Accommodation offset allowance
Payments which do not form part of an agricultural worker’s remuneration
Entitlement to agricultural sick pay
Qualifying conditions for agricultural sick pay
Periods of sickness absence
Limitations on entitlement to agricultural sick pay
Determining the amount of agricultural sick pay
Agricultural sick pay to take account of statutory sick pay
Payment of agricultural sick pay
Employment ending during sickness absence
Damages recovered for loss of earnings
Rest breaks
Daily rest
Weekly rest period
Annual leave year
Amount of annual leave for agricultural workers with fixed working days employed throughout the annual leave year
Public holidays and bank holidays
Payment in lieu of annual leave
Payment of holiday pay on termination of employment
Recovery of holiday pay
Bereavement leave
Determining the amount of bereavement leave
Agricultural bereavement leave pay
Revocation and transitional provision
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