Works both ways.a good picker used to earn more money when paid...

Works both ways.
a good picker used to earn more money when paid per kg. They could earn up to $80+ an hour on a high yielding orchard. The motivation was there to get in and have a go, the harder you work the more you get…

Now they get paid less for working the same hours and picking the same fruit @ $25/hour. A saving to the farmer? A saving to CGC maybe?

The farmer will still record the weights the pickers are achieving to help monitor productivity. The farmer
has a two week period where they are within their rights to terminate an inefficient picker, no questions asked.
If they want a job, and to get off the streets they’ll work. Newstart allowance is $273/week vs a 38hr week @ $25 = $950/week.