Equal Futures

Is paid annual leave available to agricultural workers?

Agricultural workers are waged employees on farms and plantations who are employed by farmers, companies, or agricultural contractors. They do not own or rent the land on which they work—this category does not include tenant farmers and share-croppers if they aren’t remunerated by an employer. This indicator reflects the broadest possible legislative provisions that apply to agricultural workers and does not reflect provisions dedicated to agricultural workers engaged in single specific crop (e.g. tea), nor does it reflect provisions dedicated to seasonal workers. A small number of countries extend guarantees to paid leave to “informal workers” and those countries are included in this category.

Agricultural workers specifically excluded means that a country’s labor explicitly excludes agricultural workers from rights and entitlements broadly, or specifically from paid annual leave. This includes countries with national guarantees to paid annual leave which only extend unpaid annual leave to agricultural workers. It also includes countries with legislative loopholes that exclude workers at small enterprises (e.g. enterprises with fewer than 5 employees).

Guaranteed less generous benefit means that legislation explicitly extends annual leave to agricultural workers, but fewer than the annual leave entitlement of the general workforce.

Not specifically included/excluded means that workers are guaranteed annual leave, and legislation does not explicitly guarantee nor deny coverage to agricultural workers. Additionally, this category includes a limited number of cases where legislation states that future legislation or regulations will determine the extent to which existing provisions apply to agricultural workers.

Guaranteed equal or more generous means that annual leave benefits are guaranteed to agricultural workers and workers in general on an equal basis, or agricultural workers are entitled to more annual leave than the general workforce.

To be determined by authority means that legislation does not explicitly guarantee or exempt agricultural workers from annual leave entitlements, but refers to a ministry of labor or other regulatory body to establish employment standards related to annual leave.

If leave entitlements vary, we report the lowest amount of leave guaranteed to an agricultural worker with at least one year of tenure.

Leave that is at the discretion of the employer is not considered a guarantee of paid annual leave.

Countries

Marshall Islands - No paid annual leave for any workers

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid annual leave for any workers

Nauru - No paid annual leave for any workers

Palau - No paid annual leave for any workers

Sri Lanka - No paid annual leave for any workers

Tonga - No paid annual leave for any workers

United States of America - No paid annual leave for any workers

Bolivia - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Brazil - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Burkina Faso - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Burundi - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Canada - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Dominica - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Israel - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Republic of Korea - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Qatar - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Saudi Arabia - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Sudan - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

United Arab Emirates - Agricultural workers specifically excluded

Bahrain - Guaranteed less generous benefit

Thailand - Guaranteed less generous benefit

Afghanistan - Not specifically included/excluded

Algeria - Not specifically included/excluded

Andorra - Not specifically included/excluded

Antigua and Barbuda - Not specifically included/excluded

Armenia - Not specifically included/excluded

Australia - Not specifically included/excluded

Bahamas - Not specifically included/excluded

Barbados - Not specifically included/excluded

Belarus - Not specifically included/excluded

Belgium - Not specifically included/excluded

Belize - Not specifically included/excluded

Benin - Not specifically included/excluded

Bhutan - Not specifically included/excluded

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Not specifically included/excluded

Brunei - Not specifically included/excluded

Bulgaria - Not specifically included/excluded

Cameroon - Not specifically included/excluded

Chad - Not specifically included/excluded

Chile - Not specifically included/excluded

China - Not specifically included/excluded

Colombia - Not specifically included/excluded

Comoros - Not specifically included/excluded

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Not specifically included/excluded

Republic of the Congo - Not specifically included/excluded

Croatia - Not specifically included/excluded

Cuba - Not specifically included/excluded

Cyprus - Not specifically included/excluded

Djibouti - Not specifically included/excluded

Egypt - Not specifically included/excluded

El Salvador - Not specifically included/excluded

Equatorial Guinea - Not specifically included/excluded

Eritrea - Not specifically included/excluded

Estonia - Not specifically included/excluded

Fiji - Not specifically included/excluded

Finland - Not specifically included/excluded

Gabon - Not specifically included/excluded

The Gambia - Not specifically included/excluded

Georgia - Not specifically included/excluded

Germany - Not specifically included/excluded

Ghana - Not specifically included/excluded

Greece - Not specifically included/excluded

Guinea - Not specifically included/excluded

Guyana - Not specifically included/excluded

Hungary - Not specifically included/excluded

Iraq - Not specifically included/excluded

Italy - Not specifically included/excluded

Jamaica - Not specifically included/excluded

Japan - Not specifically included/excluded

Kazakhstan - Not specifically included/excluded

Kenya - Not specifically included/excluded

Kiribati - Not specifically included/excluded

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Not specifically included/excluded

Kuwait - Not specifically included/excluded

Kyrgyzstan - Not specifically included/excluded

Laos - Not specifically included/excluded

Latvia - Not specifically included/excluded

Lesotho - Not specifically included/excluded

Liberia - Not specifically included/excluded

Libya - Not specifically included/excluded

Liechtenstein - Not specifically included/excluded

Lithuania - Not specifically included/excluded

Madagascar - Not specifically included/excluded

Malawi - Not specifically included/excluded

Malaysia - Not specifically included/excluded

Maldives - Not specifically included/excluded

Mali - Not specifically included/excluded

Mauritania - Not specifically included/excluded

Mauritius - Not specifically included/excluded

Mexico - Not specifically included/excluded

Moldova - Not specifically included/excluded

Monaco - Not specifically included/excluded

Mongolia - Not specifically included/excluded

Montenegro - Not specifically included/excluded

Myanmar - Not specifically included/excluded

Nepal - Not specifically included/excluded

The Netherlands - Not specifically included/excluded

New Zealand - Not specifically included/excluded

Nigeria - Not specifically included/excluded

Norway - Not specifically included/excluded

Oman - Not specifically included/excluded

Papua New Guinea - Not specifically included/excluded

Poland - Not specifically included/excluded

Portugal - Not specifically included/excluded

Romania - Not specifically included/excluded

Russian Federation - Not specifically included/excluded

Rwanda - Not specifically included/excluded

San Marino - Not specifically included/excluded

Sao Tome and Principe - Not specifically included/excluded

Senegal - Not specifically included/excluded

Serbia - Not specifically included/excluded

Seychelles - Not specifically included/excluded

Singapore - Not specifically included/excluded

Slovakia - Not specifically included/excluded

Slovenia - Not specifically included/excluded

Solomon Islands - Not specifically included/excluded

Somalia - Not specifically included/excluded

South Sudan - Not specifically included/excluded

Spain - Not specifically included/excluded

St. Lucia - Not specifically included/excluded

Suriname - Not specifically included/excluded

Sweden - Not specifically included/excluded

Switzerland - Not specifically included/excluded

Timor-Leste - Not specifically included/excluded

Togo - Not specifically included/excluded

Tuvalu - Not specifically included/excluded

Uganda - Not specifically included/excluded

Uruguay - Not specifically included/excluded

Uzbekistan - Not specifically included/excluded

Vietnam - Not specifically included/excluded

Zambia - Not specifically included/excluded

Zimbabwe - Not specifically included/excluded

Angola - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Argentina - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Austria - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Azerbaijan - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Bangladesh - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Botswana - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Cambodia - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Central African Republic - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Costa Rica - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Cote d'Ivoire - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Czech Republic - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Denmark - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Dominican Republic - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Ecuador - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Ethiopia - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

France - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Grenada - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Guinea-Bissau - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Haiti - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Honduras - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Iceland - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

India - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Ireland - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Lebanon - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

North Macedonia - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Malta - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Morocco - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Niger - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Paraguay - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Peru - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

The Philippines - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Samoa - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Sierra Leone - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

South Africa - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

St. Kitts and Nevis - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Eswatini - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Syria - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Tajikistan - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Tanzania - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Trinidad and Tobago - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Tunisia - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Türkiye - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Turkmenistan - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Ukraine - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

United Kingdom - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Vanuatu - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Venezuela - Guaranteed equal or more generous benefit

Albania - To be determined by authority

Cabo Verde - To be determined by authority

Guatemala - To be determined by authority

Jordan - To be determined by authority

Luxembourg - To be determined by authority

Mozambique - To be determined by authority

Nicaragua - To be determined by authority

Yemen - To be determined by authority