Agricultural Wages (Scotland)
PROPOSED SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGREED
22 June 2011 The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has agreed proposed wage rates from October 2011. The basic rate of pay for agricultural workers with more than 26 weeks continuous employment will increase by 16p per hour to £6.67, bringing the minimum wage for a 39 hour week to £260.13. The proposed hourly rates are: · £6.11 (an increase of 15p per hour) for those in the first 26 weeks of employment · £6.67 for those employed for more that 26 weeks by the same employer · £3.70 for workers who undertake a Level 2 Modern Apprenticeship in Agriculture Workers with appropriate qualifications should also be paid an additional £1.01 per hour. Those working with dogs should receive an allowance of £5.06 per week for each dog, up to a maximum of four. The Board unanimously agreed to increase the holiday entitlement by one day to 28 days per year, in addition to Christmas Day and New Year's Day, which remain as special holidays. For further information visit the Scottish Government website 28 September 2011 Rural workers are extremely concerned that should the government’s plans to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board go ahead, they will face diminishing pay and conditions. To raise the awareness of the plight of over 150,000 agricultural workers, hundreds of apples were handed out to delegates at the Labour Party conference as part of the ’Back the Apple‘ campaign - which has one objective - to maintain the Agricultural Wages Board. Unite believes that this goes to show that the Tory-led government is completely out of touch with the countryside. In a joint-campaign with the Labour party, Unite has been working to stop the plans to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) for England and Wales, which was set up in 1923 specifically to protect the pay and conditions of these vulnerable rural workers. Read the full story from Unite CAMPAIGN TO MAINTAIN THE AGRICULTURAL WAGES BOARD (ENGLAND & WALES)
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