Scottish Agricultural Wages Board


The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It sets minimum pay rates and other conditions for agricultural workers, as set out in the Agricultural Wages Order.
The Agricultural Wages Board had been abolished in England and Wales on 25 June 2013. In December 2015 the Scottish Government decided to retain the SAWB. This was announced shortly after they published analysis showing that without the board wages could be driven down for agricultural workers, with young apprentices and migrant workers thought to be particularly at risk.