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.

Two women in Bangladesh handle garments in a factory; behind them, a mix of men and women are doing the same

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

  • Issue Brief

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

  • Report

    Wage trends: Pakistan

  • Issue Brief

    Ensuring proper implementation of annual profit-sharing payments to workers in Egypt

Living wage projects

  • PROJECT

    Harvesting the Future — Natural Ingredients in India

  • PROJECT

    Living Wage Pilots in Bangladesh and Vietnam

  • PROJECT

    Harvesting the Future Phase II: Access to Remedy

Living wage news

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