Fair Wear Foundation’s (FWF) recently launched second generation wage ladder tool will now allow garment factory wages to be compared against a range of payment benchmarks such as wages between men and women and between different factory departments, both on a country and region level. The tool even allows users to better measure progress in garment factories, for example by establishing whether wages have increased between audits. The Wage Ladder aims to help brands, factories and unions make real progress towards living wages for garment workers, and make negotiations between brands and factories more productive, according to the FWF.
