PART 4Entitlement to agricultural sick pay
Employment ending during sickness absence25
1
Subject to paragraph (2), if during a period of sickness absence, either an agricultural worker’s contract or their apprenticeship is terminated or the agricultural worker is given notice that either their contract or their apprenticeship is to be terminated, any entitlement which the agricultural worker has to agricultural sick pay continues after that contract ends as if the agricultural worker was still employed by their employer, until one of the following occurs—
a
the agricultural worker’s sickness absence ends,
b
the agricultural worker starts work for another employer, or
c
the maximum entitlement to agricultural sick pay in accordance with article 21 is exhausted.
2
An agricultural worker whose contract has been terminated is not entitled to any agricultural sick pay after the end of their employment in accordance with paragraph (1) if the agricultural worker was given notice that their employer intended to terminate their contract or their apprenticeship before the period of sickness absence commenced.