Sick pay for farm workers under new scheme 

Scheme to be phased in over next four years 

Under a new scheme that is to be phased in over the next four years, farm workers will be entitled to 10 days of sick pay per year. Picture Denis Boyle. 

Farmworkers will be entitled to 10 days of sick pay under a new scheme being phased in over the next four years.

The Government’s statutory sick pay scheme will see three days per year sick pay granted in 2022, rising to five days payable in 2023 and seven days payable in 2024.