The Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Order (No. 72) 2025

Part 3- Overtime

Minimum hourly overtime rate – up to 26 weeks

8.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Order, a worker who has been continuously employed by the same employer for up to 26 weeks shall be paid wages in accordance with the provisions of this article in respect of any hour of overtime which they have worked.

(2) A worker to whom this article applies shall not be entitled to wages under articles 5, 6 or 9 or any additional sum under article 7 in respect of any hour of overtime which they have worked.

(3) For the purposes of this article, an hour of overtime is any hour which the worker works

(a)in excess of 8 hours on any day, or

(b)in excess of 48 hours in any week (other than any hour falling within paragraph (a) above).

(4) The minimum hourly rate of wages payable to a worker to whom this article applies in respect of any hour of overtime which they have worked shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula–

M x 1.5

Minimum hourly overtime rate – more than 26 weeks

9.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Order, a worker who has been continuously employed by the same employer for more than 26 weeks shall be paid wages in accordance with the provisions of this article in respect of any hour of overtime which they have worked.

(2) A worker to whom this article applies shall not be entitled to wages under articles 5, 6 or 8 or any additional sum under article 7 in respect of any hour of overtime which they have worked.

(3) For the purposes of this article, an hour of overtime is any hour which the worker works

(a)in excess of 8 hours on any day, or

(b)in excess of 39 hours in any week (other than any hour falling within paragraph (a) above).

(4) The minimum hourly rate of wages payable to a worker to whom this article applies in respect of any hour of overtime which they have worked shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula–

M x 1.5