Agricultural Workers (Holidays and Wages) Act, 1969
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Offences. |
6.—(1) If any agricultural employer fails to comply with any of the provisions of section 5 of this Act relating to— | |
(a) the rights of an agricultural worker in his employment who works for the employer on a public holiday, or | ||
(b) the payment to an agricultural worker in his employment of any sum payable to the worker in accordance with the said provisions in addition to any wages due to him, | ||
the employer shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds. | ||
(2) Where proceedings are brought against an employer under this section— | ||
(a) if there is a conviction, the Court may order the employer to pay to the worker a sum equal to the amount not paid in relation to the public holiday with respect to which the offence was charged or, where appropriate, equal to the sum improperly deducted from wages, and | ||
(b) whether there is or is not a conviction, the Court may, if satisfied that the employer has, in relation to the worker and in relation to a public holiday within the twenty-four months immediately preceding the date on which the proceedings were brought, failed to comply with any of the provisions of section 5 of this Act relating to— | ||
(i) the right of an agricultural worker in his employment who works for the employer on a public holiday, or | ||
(ii) the payment to an agricultural worker in his employment of any sum payable to the worker in accordance with the said provisions in addition to any wages due to him, | ||
order the employer to pay to the worker a sum equal to the amount not paid in relation to such public holiday or, where appropriate, equal to the sum improperly deducted from wages. |