Horticulture Award change brings minimum wage for pickers

Elizabeth Anderson
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:07pm, first published May 2 2022 - 7:30pm
OPTIONS: Fruit pickers will be paid a minimum wage from today, but pieceworker rates are still available for those who exceed the minimum rate.
OPTIONS: Fruit pickers will be paid a minimum wage from today, but pieceworker rates are still available for those who exceed the minimum rate.

A NEW minimum wage guarantee came into practice last week for pieceworkers, with the changes to the Horticulture Award coming into play.

Elizabeth Anderson

Editor of Stock Journal.

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