Agri Labour – Orchard Workers (Speewa NSW)

Pay

Hourly rate $33.05 + penalty rates. The ad does not state the applicable Award; fruit and vegetable farms generally fall under the Horticulture Award.

Applicable Award

Horticulture Award (MA000028)

Legal minimum hourly rate

Level 1 (new starter, up to 3 months): $32.18/hour
Level 2: $33.05/hour
Level 3: $33.55/hour
Casual (including the 25% casual loading), effective from 1 July 2026.Fair Work pay guide

Piece-rate guarantee

Piece rates have a floor: each day you must get at least the hourly rate × hours worked that day (casual Level 1 $32.18 an hour). The piece rate must let an average worker earn at least 15% more than the hourly rate (about $37.01). Before you start, the employer must give you a written piece-rate record signed by both of you.

How you are paid

To be confirmed
By law wages must be paid in money (cash, cheque or bank transfer) at least monthly; whichever method is used, the employer must give you a payslip within 1 working day of paying you.

How often you are paid

To be confirmed
Under the Award: Paid weekly or fortnightly

Superannuation

Yes. Your employer must also pay 12% of your wages into your super account — this applies to working holiday makers too, however much you earn. From 1 July 2026 it must be paid within 7 working days of each pay day. You can claim it back after leaving Australia (taxed at 65% for working holiday makers).

Tax

If the employer is registered as a Working Holiday employer, 15% is withheld on the first $45,000 of income. Being taxed 30% suggests the employer may not be registered; without a tax file number (TFN), 45% is withheld.

Usual hours

About 45 hours a week

Shifts

The ad does not state the roster

Weather-dependent?

Yes. Work may stop if it rains or is too hot, and there is no income that day.

Additional notes

The ad says about 45 hours a week, for about 5 months.

When they need workers

Ad: starts late September 2026, about 5 months (thinning through harvest).

Hiring now: Agri Labour's "Orchard Workers - Thinning & Harvest Season - Speewa, NSW" (ref. BBBH29546), casual, starting late September 2026 for about 5 months, about 45 hours a week. The page was last updated 2026-09-04, and the ad gives no closing date.

Company registration

ABN 23 142 526 216・Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd・Active
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Employment arrangement

Employed through a labour hire agency: Agri Labour Australia (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd, labour hire); the actual farm where you would work has not been disclosed

Notes

ABN 23 142 526 216 (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd) effective since 2010-03-31, registered for GST since 2010-03-31, main business location QLD 4390 (ABR, checked 2026-10-07). This is a labour hire job, and the ad does not name the actual farm. NSW currently has no labour hire licensing scheme, so there is no licence number here. On 2019-04-23 the Fair Work Ombudsman announced that in 2017–2018 Agri-Labour underpaid 19 Vanuatu seasonal workers on Queensland tomato farms a total of $50,823 (by calculating piece rates on group output and making deductions without consent); the company back-paid the workers, paid a further $15,000 to the Commonwealth, and signed an Enforceable Undertaking (EU, including two external audits) (https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2019/04/23/farm-workers-get-back-pay/).

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