Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Seasonal Worker visa scheme rules require workers either (a) to be always be paid £10.10 per hour for each hour they work or (b) paid by piece rate; and whether her Department plans to provide guidance on the payment by piece rate.

All workers on the Seasonal Worker immigration route must receive at least £10.10 per hour for each hour worked, regardless of the type of contract they hold, including where they are paid by piece rate. This is set out in the following guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workers-and-temporary-workers-guidance-for-sponsors-sponsor-a-seasonal-worker

The piece rate payment method is already governed by relevant UK wage legislation, which is set by the relevant devolved region in which a worker is employed.