PART 5Entitlement to time off

Bereavement leave39.

(1)

An agricultural worker is entitled to paid bereavement leave in circumstances where the bereavement relates to a person in Category A or Category B.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), persons in Category A are—

(a)

a parent of the agricultural worker;

(b)

a son or daughter of the agricultural worker;

(c)

the agricultural worker’s spouse or civil partner; or

(d)

someone with whom the agricultural worker lives as husband and wife without being legally married or someone with whom the agricultural worker lives as if they were in a civil partnership.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), persons in Category B are—

(a)

a brother or sister of the agricultural worker;

(b)

a grandparent of the agricultural worker; or

(c)

a grandchild of the agricultural worker.

(4)

Bereavement leave for the purposes of paragraph (1) is in addition to any other leave entitlements under this Order.