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Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1975

In short

This law amends previous acts concerning holidays for agricultural workers, primarily by changing the amount of holiday time and adding a new public holiday.

What it regulates

  • The amount of holiday time agricultural employers must give to their workers.
  • How holidays are to be taken, specifically regarding consecutive days or unbroken periods.
  • Which days are considered public holidays for agricultural workers.
  • The power of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries to appoint additional public holidays.

Who it concerns

  • Agricultural employers.
  • Agricultural workers.

Key points

  • Agricultural workers are entitled to holidays equivalent to three working weeks if continuously employed for a full year.
  • For continuous employment of two to four months, holidays must be allowed on consecutive working days.
  • For continuous employment of more than four but less than eight months, holidays must include an unbroken period equivalent to one working week.
  • For continuous employment of eight or more months, holidays must include an unbroken period equivalent to two working weeks.
  • January 1st is now a public holiday when it falls on a weekday, or the next day if it falls on a Sunday.
  • The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries can appoint additional public holidays by regulations.
Legal text
Legal text

Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1975 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1975 Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1975 Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1975 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 7 of 1975 AGRICULTURAL WORKERS (HOLIDAYS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1975 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1950. 2. Amendments of section 4 of Act of 1969. 3. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement. Acts Referred to Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1961 1961, No. 36 Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 1936, No. 53 Agricultural Workers (Holidays) Act, 1950 1950, No. 21 Agricultural Workers (Holidays and Wages) Act, 1969 1969, No. 17 Number 7 of 1975 AGRICULTURAL WORKERS (HOLIDAYS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1975 AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS HOLIDAYS ACTS, 1950 TO 1969. [21st May, 1975] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1950. 1.—

(1)Section 3 of the Act of 1950 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections
(1)and
(2)(inserted by the Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1961): “
(1)In each year an agricultural employer shall allow to an agricultural worker holidays equivalent to three working weeks where the worker is continuously employed by him during that year, and proportionately less where the worker has been so employed for eleven or fewer months.
(2)(
  1. a)Where the period of continuous employment is not less than two and not more than four months, the holidays to which a worker is entitled under this section shall be allowed on consecutive working days. (
  2. b)Where the period of continuous employment is more than four and less than eight months, the holidays to which a worker is entitled under this section shall include an unbroken period equivalent to one working week. (
  3. c)Where the period of continuous employment is eight or more months, the holidays to which a worker is entitled under this section shall include an unbroken period equivalent to two working weeks.”
(2)References to the Act of 1950 in any order under section 17 of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 , and section 5 of the Act of 1950 fixing minimum rates of holiday remuneration in respect of a holiday under the Act of 1950 shall be construed as references to the Act of 1950 as amended by this Act.
(3)In this section “the Act of 1950” means the Agricultural Workers (Holidays) Act, 1950 . Amendments of section 4 of Act of 1969. 2.—
(1)Section 4
(1)of the Act of 1969, which specifies the days which are public holidays for the purposes of that Act, is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph (
  1. d)of the following paragraph: “(
  2. e)the 1st day of January when it falls on a weekday or, when it falls on a Sunday, the next day.”
(2)The following subsection is hereby inserted after subsection
(6)of section 4 of the Act of 1969: “(6A) The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries may by regulations appoint a day to be an additional public holiday for the purposes of this Act and, whenever any such regulations are in force, the day appointed shall be an additional public holiday for the purposes of this Act.”
(3)In this section “the Act of 1969” means the Agricultural Workers (Holidays and Wages) Act, 1969. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement. 3.—
(1)This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1975.
(2)The Agricultural Workers Holidays Acts, 1950 to 1969, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Agricultural Workers Holidays Acts, 1950 to 1975.
(3)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister may by order appoint. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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