No. 101 - Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) 1952

Provisions

• Workers employed in agriculture and related occupations must be granted an annual holiday with pay after a period of continuous service with the same employer.
• Each ratifying country is free to decide whether to provide for it through collective agreement or regulation.
• Where appropriate, provision is to be made for:
  • more favourable treatment for young workers in cases where the annual holiday is considered inadequate for them;
  • an increase in the duration of the annual holiday with length of service;
  • proportionate holidays (or payment in lieu) for continuous service of less than a year; and
  • exclusion from the annual paid holiday of public holidays, weekly rest intervals and sick leave.
• Every person taking their annual holiday is to receive their usual remuneration or remuneration calculated as prescribed by the national laws, collective agreements or arbitration awards.
• Any agreement to relinquish the right to an annual holiday with pay or to forgo the holiday is to be void.
• There must be adequate inspection and supervision to ensure these standards are met.

Administered by

Department of Labour

• Employment Relations Act 2000
• Holidays Act 1981

How New Zealand implements it

• The Holidays Act applies to all employees, including agricultural employees.
• See Convention 52 for details.

This Convention is not applicable to Tokelau.

Ratified - 24 July 1953

Total ratifications - 34

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