Agricultural Wages - Guide For Workers And Employers - Twenty Eighth Edition

19th March 2024

The first edition of this Guide was produced in 1996 to help employers and workers understand the new rules resulting from the simplification of the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Order (No. 44) 1996.

This twenty seventh edition of the Guide incorporates the new rates of pay and other changes introduced with effect from Monday, 1 April 2024.

These rates and other changes are contained in the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Order (No. 71) 2024 (‘the Order'), a copy of which was issued with this Guide. The Order contains the detailed legal requirements for the calculation of minimum pay, holidays etc., and has to be written in the precise legal terms required to make the Order enforceable in law. The following guidance notes attempt to explain the rules in simpler terms and to answer some of the questions which are most likely to arise. If there is any confusion between the Wage Order and/or the Guide, the provisions of the Wages Order take precedence.

More information in the chapters

1. Important Notes
2. About Wages Order No. 71
3. Rates of Pay (Parts 2 and 3)
4. Holidays and Bereavement Leave (Part 4)
5. Absences Due to Ill-Health (Part 5)
6. Benefits (Part 6)
7. Miscellaneous Conditions (Part 7)
8. Stable Income Arrangement (SIA) (Part 8)
9. Working Time Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1833) as amended
10. Explanatory Notes
11. Members of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
Appendix 1: Sample Time Sheets

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