Equal Futures

Are agricultural workers guaranteed a weekly day of rest?

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.

This variable reflects the minimum number of consecutive hours of weekly rest guaranteed to all workers.

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

Countries

Australia - No guaranteed day of rest

Bahrain - No guaranteed day of rest

Barbados - No guaranteed day of rest

Bolivia - No guaranteed day of rest

Brazil - No guaranteed day of rest

Burkina Faso - No guaranteed day of rest

Burundi - No guaranteed day of rest

Canada - No guaranteed day of rest

The Gambia - No guaranteed day of rest

Georgia - No guaranteed day of rest

Greenland - No guaranteed day of rest

Guyana - No guaranteed day of rest

India - No guaranteed day of rest

Republic of Korea - No guaranteed day of rest

Liechtenstein - No guaranteed day of rest

Luxembourg - No guaranteed day of rest

Marshall Islands - No guaranteed day of rest

Micronesia, Federated States of - No guaranteed day of rest

Myanmar - No guaranteed day of rest

New Zealand - No guaranteed day of rest

Pakistan - No guaranteed day of rest

Palau - No guaranteed day of rest

Qatar - No guaranteed day of rest

Saudi Arabia - No guaranteed day of rest

Sri Lanka - No guaranteed day of rest

St. Kitts and Nevis - No guaranteed day of rest

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No guaranteed day of rest

Sudan - No guaranteed day of rest

Eswatini - No guaranteed day of rest

Switzerland - No guaranteed day of rest

Tonga - No guaranteed day of rest

Trinidad and Tobago - No guaranteed day of rest

United Arab Emirates - No guaranteed day of rest

United States of America - No guaranteed day of rest

Afghanistan - 24 hours rest

Algeria - 24 hours rest

Andorra - 24 hours rest

Angola - 24 hours rest

Antigua and Barbuda - 24 hours rest

Bahamas - 24 hours rest

Bangladesh - 24 hours rest

Belgium - 24 hours rest

Belize - 24 hours rest

Benin - 24 hours rest

Bhutan - 24 hours rest

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24 hours rest

Botswana - 24 hours rest

Brunei - 24 hours rest

Cambodia - 24 hours rest

Cameroon - 24 hours rest

Central African Republic - 24 hours rest

Chad - 24 hours rest

China - 24 hours rest

Colombia - 24 hours rest

Comoros - 24 hours rest

Democratic Republic of the Congo - 24 hours rest

Republic of the Congo - 24 hours rest

Costa Rica - 24 hours rest

Cote d'Ivoire - 24 hours rest

Croatia - 24 hours rest

Cuba - 24 hours rest

Cyprus - 24 hours rest

Denmark - 24 hours rest

Djibouti - 24 hours rest

Dominica - 24 hours rest

Egypt - 24 hours rest

El Salvador - 24 hours rest

Equatorial Guinea - 24 hours rest

Eritrea - 24 hours rest

Ethiopia - 24 hours rest

Fiji - 24 hours rest

Gabon - 24 hours rest

Grenada - 24 hours rest

Guinea - 24 hours rest

Guinea-Bissau - 24 hours rest

Haiti - 24 hours rest

Honduras - 24 hours rest

Indonesia - 24 hours rest

Iraq - 24 hours rest

Italy - 24 hours rest

Jamaica - 24 hours rest

Japan - 24 hours rest

Kazakhstan - 24 hours rest

Kenya - 24 hours rest

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - 24 hours rest

Kuwait - 24 hours rest

Kyrgyzstan - 24 hours rest

Laos - 24 hours rest

Lesotho - 24 hours rest

Libya - 24 hours rest

North Macedonia - 24 hours rest

Madagascar - 24 hours rest

Malawi - 24 hours rest

Malaysia - 24 hours rest

Maldives - 24 hours rest

Mali - 24 hours rest

Malta - 24 hours rest

Mauritania - 24 hours rest

Mauritius - 24 hours rest

Mexico - 24 hours rest

Moldova - 24 hours rest

Monaco - 24 hours rest

Montenegro - 24 hours rest

Morocco - 24 hours rest

Nauru - 24 hours rest

Nepal - 24 hours rest

Niger - 24 hours rest

Nigeria - 24 hours rest

Papua New Guinea - 24 hours rest

Paraguay - 24 hours rest

Peru - 24 hours rest

The Philippines - 24 hours rest

Rwanda - 24 hours rest

San Marino - 24 hours rest

Sao Tome and Principe - 24 hours rest

Senegal - 24 hours rest

Serbia - 24 hours rest

Seychelles - 24 hours rest

Singapore - 24 hours rest

Slovenia - 24 hours rest

Solomon Islands - 24 hours rest

Somalia - 24 hours rest

South Sudan - 24 hours rest

St. Lucia - 24 hours rest

Suriname - 24 hours rest

Tajikistan - 24 hours rest

Tanzania - 24 hours rest

Thailand - 24 hours rest

Timor-Leste - 24 hours rest

Togo - 24 hours rest

Tunisia - 24 hours rest

Türkiye - 24 hours rest

Turkmenistan - 24 hours rest

Uganda - 24 hours rest

Ukraine - 24 hours rest

United Kingdom - 24 hours rest

Uruguay - 24 hours rest

Uzbekistan - 24 hours rest

Vanuatu - 24 hours rest

Vietnam - 24 hours rest

Zambia - 24 hours rest

Zimbabwe - 24 hours rest

Argentina - 25 - 36 hours rest

Armenia - 25 - 36 hours rest

Austria - 25 - 36 hours rest

Bulgaria - 25 - 36 hours rest

Czech Republic - 25 - 36 hours rest

Dominican Republic - 25 - 36 hours rest

Estonia - 25 - 36 hours rest

Finland - 25 - 36 hours rest

France - 25 - 36 hours rest

Germany - 25 - 36 hours rest

Greece - 25 - 36 hours rest

Israel - 25 - 36 hours rest

Lebanon - 25 - 36 hours rest

Liberia - 25 - 36 hours rest

The Netherlands - 25 - 36 hours rest

Norway - 25 - 36 hours rest

Poland - 25 - 36 hours rest

Portugal - 25 - 36 hours rest

Samoa - 25 - 36 hours rest

South Africa - 25 - 36 hours rest

Spain - 25 - 36 hours rest

Sweden - 25 - 36 hours rest

Syria - 25 - 36 hours rest

Azerbaijan - 37 - 48 hours rest

Belarus - 37 - 48 hours rest

Ecuador - 37 - 48 hours rest

Ghana - 37 - 48 hours rest

Hungary - 37 - 48 hours rest

Kiribati - 37 - 48 hours rest

Latvia - 37 - 48 hours rest

Mongolia - 37 - 48 hours rest

Oman - 37 - 48 hours rest

Romania - 37 - 48 hours rest

Russian Federation - 37 - 48 hours rest

Sierra Leone - 37 - 48 hours rest

Slovakia - 37 - 48 hours rest

Tuvalu - 37 - 48 hours rest

Venezuela - 37 - 48 hours rest

Albania - To be determined by authority

Cabo Verde - To be determined by authority

Guatemala - To be determined by authority

Iceland - To be determined by authority

Jordan - To be determined by authority

Lithuania - To be determined by authority

Mozambique - To be determined by authority

Nicaragua - To be determined by authority

Yemen - To be determined by authority