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Agricultural Wages Board axed by government
by Michelle Stevens - 26/07/2010
"The Agricultural Wages Board has been abolished in a quango cull announced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs."
The board sets the minimum wage for agricultural workers in England and Wales, and has the power to decide other terms and conditions of employment in the sector, such as holidays and sick pay.
The move has angered Unite, which nominates eight of the board’s 21 representatives, and claims its call for a consultation on plans to scrap the organisation were ignored.
Ian Waddell, the union’s national officer for rural, agricultural and allied workers, called the move “short-sighted and ideologically driven”.
He said: “Today's announcement spells disaster for farming in England and Wales. For almost a century successive governments of every political persuasion have recognised the need for the Agricultural Wages Board to regulate pay, terms and conditions in the farming industry.”
Waddell added that the removal of a regulatory body to oversee minimum pay could result in a failure to recruit the necessary skills into the industry. He continued: “Farming is already suffering from an inability to attract and retain skilled workers.
“Bad employers will now undercut the good and drive a race to the bottom on pay, which will exacerbate the skills shortage and threaten the viability of agriculture in England and Wales.”
Outlining the reform or abolition of 30 of Defra’s “arm’s length bodies”, environment secretary Caroline Spelman said: “The effective delivery of public services is essential and I am committed to increasing the transparency and accountability of Defra’s public bodies and to reducing their numbers and costs. Times have changed since many of these bodies were set up and much of what they do is now everyday government business.”
Other quangos to close include the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and the Sustainable Development Commission – the government’s environmental watchdog and advisory body.
More Details: http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2010/07/agricultural-wages-board-axed-by-government.htm
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