Written by Charlotte Cunningham
Farm businesses in England may need to deliver a 3.3% increase in farmworkers’ wages in 2019/20, to keep in line with above-inflation increases in the National Living Wage and rising agricultural wage rates in the rest of the UK. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Minimum pay levels for farmworkers are still set by official pay review bodies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. However, in England the Agricultural Wages Board was disbanded in 2013, leaving employers with no formal figures on which to base their annual pay reviews, which traditionally take effect from 1 October. Each year, Strutt & Parker seeks to come up with guidance for its clients based on analysis of key market indicators, such as what has been agreed by the continuing AWBs, the rate of inflation and the outcome of public sector pay awards. George Chichester, director in the farming department of Strutt & Parker, said: “This is the second year in a row where, after much deliberation, we have recommended a pay increase in excess of the rate of inflation. “This may be higher than many employers have been expecting, however it reflects the fact that the National Living Wage rose by 4.9% in April 2019 to…
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