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    Pay day

    Feb 23, 2022 2 minutes

    Australian farm workers will be guaranteed an hourly minimum pay rate from April 28 this year after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) formalised a decision to change the Horticulture Award.

    First proposed by the FWC last November, the changes to the Horticulture Award will guarantee farm workers such as fruit pickers are entitled to take home the minimum casual rate of pay, currently $25.41 per hour.

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