The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2022

Qualifying conditions for agricultural sick pay

20.  An agricultural worker qualifies for agricultural sick pay under this Order provided that the agricultural worker has—

(a) been continuously employed by their employer for a period of at least 52 weeks prior to the sickness absence;

(b) notified their employer of the sickness absence in a way previously agreed with their employer or, in the absence of any such agreement, by any reasonable means;

(c) in circumstances where the sickness absence has continued for a period of 8 or more consecutive days, provided their employer with a certificate from a registered medical practitioner which discloses the diagnosis of the worker’s medical disorder and states that the disorder has caused the agricultural worker’s sickness absence.