Horticulture industry

Overview

If you conduct a business supplying workers to a host to perform any one or more of:

  • picking
  • sorting
  • labelling
  • packing
  • planting
  • thinning
  • pruning
  • spraying
  • repetitive work on automatic, semi-automatic or single-purpose machines or equipment
  • performing basic recording functions related to any of the above work

in relation to fruit or vegetables with the exercise of minimal judgment and under direct supervision, at a place where a business or undertaking is being conducted by the host, then it will be labour hire and you will require a labour hire licence. This applies regardless of whether the worker also does other kinds of work for the host.

We have launched a communication campaign to help workers in horticulture, read more on the Horticulture worker page.

Standard licence conditions for the horticulture industry 

For providers operating in industries with higher risks of worker exploitation and unlawful conduct, LHA applies standard conditions to all new licences, as well as progressively to existing licences. 

These standard conditions act to further: 

  • increase transparency, by ensuring all workers receive information on their rights, and through reporting on the use of subcontractors, payroll services, and any change in industry 
  • enforce integrity, through restrictions on cash payments, the use of independent contractors and subcontractors, and clear requirements around accommodation and provision of PPE. 

For more information and guidance visit the Licence conditions page. 

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