Living wage

The 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.

Fair Compensation Toolkit

Award-winning living wage resources

FLA’s groundbreaking Wage Data Collection Tool and Fair Compensation Dashboard work together to show companies the gap between what workers earn and what they need.

More than 50 of the largest global fashion companies currently use the toolkit.

Workers sit in a factory in long lines

Living wage resources

  • Guidance

    Wage Data Verification Guidance

  • Issue Brief

    Inconsistent implementation of profit bonus payments in Pakistan’s garment and textile industry

  • Issue Brief

    Challenges in minimum wage compliance and wage deductions for garment and textile workers in Pakistan

Living wage projects

  • PROJECT

    Harvesting the Future — Natural Ingredients in India

  • PROJECT

    Living Wage Pilots in Bangladesh and Vietnam

  • PROJECT

    Harvesting the Future – Jasmine in Egypt

Living wage news

  • Employment Relationship
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    Fair Compensation
    Fair Labor
    Gender
    Health Safety & Environment
    Human Rights Due Diligence
    Nondiscrimination
    Responsible Purchasing
    Supply Chain Transparency
    Upstream Supply Chains

    Fair Labor Highlights – March 2026

    March 11, 2026 View Fair Labor Highlights – March 2026
  • Child Labor
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    Fair Compensation
    Fair Labor
    Gender
    Supply Chain Transparency

    Fair Labor Highlights – February 2026

    February 11, 2026 View Fair Labor Highlights – February 2026
  • Advocacy
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    Fair Compensation
    Forced Labor
    Gender
    Nondiscrimination
    Responsible Recruitment
    Supply Chain Transparency

    Fair Labor Highlights – January 2026

    January 14, 2026 View Fair Labor Highlights – January 2026

See how our 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