Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry (Agro subsector) (SI 97 of 2024)

653 S.I. 97 of 2024Statutory Instrument 97 of 2024. [CAP. 28:01 Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry, Agro Sector IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has, in terms of section 80(1) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01], approved the publication of the Collective Bargaining Agreement set out in the Schedule which was registered in terms of section 79 of the Act. SCHEDULE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT: AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY (AGRO SUBSECTOR) Made and entered in accordance with the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01], as amended from time to time, between the Zimbabwe Agricultural Employers Organisation (ZAEO), Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU), Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU), Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and Agro employer representatives (herein referred to as “the employer parties”), of the one part, and the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) and Horticulture, General Agriculture and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (HGAPWUZ) (herein referred to as “the employee parties”), of the other part. The employer parties and the employee parties, being parties to the National Employment Council for the Agricultural Industry in Zimbabwe, have agreed on the following provisions concerning minimum wages in the Agro subsector effective 1st July, 2023: 1. The Schedule below provides the minimum monthly wages for the Agro subsector which consists of a component fixed in the United States dollar of 60% payable in the Zimbabwe dollar, and a further component payable in the United States dollar of 40%. The minimum wages provided in the Schedule are effective 1st July, 2023. 2. The minimum wages payable to employees in the Zimbabwe dollar shall be determined by converting the applicable component fixed in United States dollar to the Zimbabwean dollar at the interbank rate prevailing on the twentieth (20th) of the month for which remuneration is due to the employees. 654 Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry, Agro Sector 3. Effective 1st July, 2023, the minimum wages component payable in Zimbabwe dollar shall be payable at the interbank rate as at 20th of July, 2023, which stood at USD4 752,2714 Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agro Sector AGRO SECTOR FORMER MINI MUM WAGES (MARCH 2023) MINIMUM WAGES 20TH JUNE, 2023 1USD: 6 790,3248 NEW MINIMUM WAGES EFFECTIVE 1ST JULY 2023 PAYABLE IN USD NEW MINIMUM WAGES EFFECTIVE 1ST JULY, 2023 CONVERTED AT INTERBANK RATE MINIMUM WAGES EFFECTIVE 1st JULY, 2023 [ZWD EQUIVALENT AT INTERBANK RATE OF 20TH JULY, 2023 USD1:4 752,2714 GRADE USD ZWD USD COMPO NENT USD (CON VERTED) ZWD A1 118 801 258 47 71 337 411 A2 126 855 581 50 76 361 173 A3 137 930 274 55 82 389 686 B1 148 1 004 968 59 89 422 952 B2 157 1 066 081 63 94 446 714 B3 172 1 167 936 69 103 489 484 B4 184 1 249 420 74 110 522 750 B5 201 1 364 855 80 121 575 025 C1 216 1 466 710 86 130 617 795 C2 234 1 588 936 94 140 665 318 NB: Figures have been rounded off to the nearest USD and Zimbabwean Dollar. Exemptions/Reviews Establishments or employees may apply to the National Employment Council for exemption or partial exemption/review from paying wages as set up in the above Schedule, stating the reasons why that application should be considered, within 14 days of the date of agreement. Declaration The employers and the trade unions having arrived at the agreement set forth herein, the undersigned officer of the Council 655 S.I. 97 of 2024 hereby declare that the foregoing is the agreement arrived at and affix their signatures hereto. Signed at Harare on the 27th of July, 2023. The agreement is binding on all organisations within the agricultural industry. F. ZONDO, Chairperson—Employees’ Representative. T. NYIRENDA, Vice Chairperson—Employers’ Representative. D. MADYAUSIKU, Chief Executive Officer—NEC Agriculture. 656 Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry, Agro Sector Supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette dated the 24th May, 2024. Printed by the Government Printer, Harare.