AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES (CONDITIONS OF WORK) REGULATION ORDER

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.152

AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES

(CONDITIONS OF WORK) REGULATION ORDER

*

LEGAL NOTICE 123 of 2026.

(1)

The title of this Order is the Agriculture and

Allied Industries (Conditions of Work) Regulation Order.

(2)

This order shall come into force within two (2) months

from its date of publication in the Gazette.

(3)

The provisions of this order shall apply to all employees

in any undertaking or part of an undertaking where the activities

consist wholly or mainly in agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, and

viticulture, the breeding and rearing of livestock, poultry, rabbits, the

keeping of bees and the processing of dairy products and products of a

similar nature

Provided that in the event that there is a collective

agreement applicable to the class of employees covered by this order,

the more favorable conditions in that agreement or in this order shall

prevail.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:-

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

"collective agreement" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in the Act;

"customary holidays" means any day, other than Sundays,

declared at any time to be a public holiday by or under the National

Holidays and other Public Holidays Act;

"double-time" means twice the minimum time rates applicable

to the employee;

"hours of work" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in

the Act;

"part-time employee" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in the Act;

"time-and-a-half" means one and a half times the minimum time

rates applicable to the employee;

*Not yet in force.

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

"wages" means remuneration or earnings, payable by an

employer to an employee and includes any bonus payable under article

23 of the Act, other than any bonus or allowance related to performance

or production;

"watchperson" means a person who guards his employer’s

property against fire, theft, illegal entry and similar contingencies;

"week" means a calendar week;

"whole-time employee'' shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in the Act.

The minimum weekly wages payable to whole-time

employees shall be related to a week of not more than

(a)

forty hours (40) in the case of employees other

than watchpersons;

(b)

fifty-two hours (52) in the case of watchpersons.

The minimum weekly remuneration payable to whole-

time employees shall be as follows

(a)

watchpersons employed wholly or

principally

on

indoor

€298.27

duties................................................................

(b)

watchpersons employed wholly or

principally

on

outdoor

€300.60

duties.................................................................

(c)

other

€229.44

employees...............................

(1)

When the employee is required by the employer to

wear a uniform in the performance of his duties, the employer shall

provide such uniform free of charge.

(2)

Personal protective equipment according to the Minimum

Requirements for the use of Personal Protective Equipment at Work

Regulations shall also be provided free of charge by the employer.

Whole-time employees shall be allowed intervals for

meals and rest of not less in the aggregate than one (1) hour on any one

(1) day.

All employees shall be entitled to a rest period according

to the Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

Whole-time employees shall be entitled to the payment of

overtime as follows

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

(a)

Watchpersons;



(i)

for every hour (1) worked in

excess of nine (9) hours in any one day, 

except

on

a time-and-a-half;

Sunday......................................................



(ii)

for all hours of work on a

Sunday...................................................... double-time;



(iii) for all time worked on any

customary

double time;

holiday......................................................



(iv) for any hours worked in

excess of fifty-two (52) hours on any one 

week, exclusive of any hours for which 

overtime is payable in terms of the time-and-a-half;

preceding

provisions.......................................

(b)

employees other than watchpersons



(i)

for every hour (1) worked

in excess of eight (8) hours on any one 

(1) day, except the weekly day of rest of time-and-a-half;

the employee...................................



(ii)

for all hours worked on the

weekly

day

of

rest

of

the double time;

employee.................................



(iii) for all time worked on any

customary

double time;

holiday.........................................



(iv) for every hour (1) worked

in excess of forty (40) hours on any one 

(1) week, exclusive of any hours for 

which overtime is payable in terms of the time-and-a-half.

preceding provisions.........................

The employee shall be entitled to annual leave in

accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

(1)

A whole-time employee shall in every calendar

year be entitled to the equivalent in hours of twelve (12) days sick

leave on full pay, less an amount equal to the sum established for

sickness benefit entitlement at the rate set in accordance with the

Social Security Act, and part-time employees shall have a pro rata

entitlement to sick leave in hours on full pay, less an amount equal to

the sum established for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate set in

accordance with the Social Security Act, which amount is also to be

calculated on a pro rata basis

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

Provided that

(a)

the first three days (3) of any claim for sick leave

shall be paid in full by the employer;

(b)

a medical certificate covering the period of

absence shall be submitted to the employer on the day of return

to work or, if such period exceeds seven (7) days, within seven

(7) days of the commencement of sick leave;

(c)

employees receiving a social security pension in

respect of retirement or widowhood in accordance with the

Social Security Act shall, for the purpose of calculating the sick

leave pay, be deemed to have received an amount equal to the

sum established for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate set in

accordance with the Social Security Act.

(2)

Sick leave entitlements shall apply from the first day of

employment

Provided that said entitlements shall be calculated pro

rata according to the date of employment in the relative calendar year.

(3)

The employer may require a medical certificate by a

physician of his choice to certify that the employee is not fit for work

during the period of sick leave.

(4)

The sick leave entitlement shall be calculated on the basis

provided for annual leave as specified in regulation 8(1) of the

Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

Employees under this order shall be entitled to national

holidays and to public holidays with full pay, to all forms of leave

according to the Minimum Special Leave Entitlement Regulations and

all other forms of leave that may from time to time be stipulated in the

National Standard Orders or regulations made in accordance with the

Act.

The Agriculture and Allied Industries Wages Council

Order and the Agriculture and Allied Industries Wages Council Wage

Regulation Order are hereby repealed without prejudice to anything

done or omitted to be done thereunder.