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Agricultural workers: New 'skill' grade introduced

Key details

Pay award: standard worker rate increases by 3.3%

Employees covered (nos.): farm and horticultural workers (110,000)

Effective date: 1 October 2005

The Agricultural Wages Board has agreed to increase the basic adult hourly rate for farm and horticultural workers in England and Wales by 3.3%. This increases the standard rate from £5.40 to £5.58 an hour from the 1 October effective date.