Living wage

FLA’s Fair Labor Code mandates that every worker has a right to compensation for a regular work week that is sufficient to meet the worker’s basic needs and provide some discretionary income.

FLA and its stakeholders—buyers, suppliers, labor rights organizations, and universities—are part of a global effort to improve workers’ compensation. 

Workers in global supply chains often earn poverty-level wages that are not sufficient to support themselves or their families, and the FLA is committed to addressing this urgent issue.

FLA’s vision is that workers in member supply chains will earn compensation that is sufficient to meet their basic needs and have some discretionary income.

Our 2020 Fair Compensation Strategy charts a path toward this goal. The plan includes an overview of the organizational commitment to fair compensation and includes the goals, tactics, and timelines for these efforts.

See how members are meeting living wage commitments

View Fair compensation strategy status: fair compensation blueprint

Fair compensation strategy status: fair compensation blueprint

View Fair compensation strategy status: wage data collection

Fair compensation strategy status: wage data collection

View Fair compensation strategy status: public commitment

Fair compensation strategy status: public commitment

Living wage projects

  • PROJECT

    Harvesting the Future Phase II: Access to Remedy

  • PROJECT

    Harvesting the Future – Jasmine in Egypt

  • PROJECT

    FLA's Living Wage Pilot in Vietnam

    An infographic describing FLA's living wage pilot in Việt Nam.

Living wage resources

  • Guidance

    Joint recommendations for responsible business conduct in Bangladesh

  • Other

    Wage trends: Vietnam

  • Other

    Wage trends: Bangladesh

Fair Compensation Toolkit

FLA's living wage resources show companies the gap between what workers earn and what they need.

Classy Awards recognition

FLA’s living wage tools earned a 2021 Social Innovation Award.

The Fair Compensation Toolkit help businesses in the fashion industry illustrate the gap between actual and living wages and measure progress over time.

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