PART 5Entitlement to time off

Bereavement leave

39.—(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.