Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry: Sugarcane Subsector (SI 95 of 2024)

645 S.I. 95 of 2024Statutory Instrument 95 of 2024. [CAP. 28:01 Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry: Sugarcane Subsector 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 (SUGARCANE 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 Sugarcane subsector effective 1st July, 2023: 1. The Schedule below provides the minimum monthly wages for the Sugarcane subsector in the United States dollar. 2. The Zimbabwean dollar component minimum monthly wages shall be determined by converting the indexed United States dollar minimum wages in the Schedule below to the Zimbabwean dollar at the interbank rate prevailing on the 20th July, 2023, which stood at USD1: 4,752.27140. 3. Effective 1st July, 2023, the minimum wages payable to employees in the Zimbabwean dollar shall be determined by converting the 646 Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry: Sugarcane Subsector applicable United States dollar minimum wages in the Schedule below to the Zimbabwean dollar at the interbank rate prevailing on the twentieth (20th) day of the month for which remuneration is due to the employees. Collective Bargaining Agreement: Sugarcane Subsector SUGAR CANE SECTOR FORMER MINIMUM WAGES FORMER MINIMUM WAGES NEW MINI MUM WAGE EFFECTIVE 1ST JULY, 2023 USD COMPO NENT NEW MINI MUM WAGE EFFECTIVE 1ST JULY, 2023 CONVERTED TO ZWD MINIMUM WAGES EFFECTIVE 1ST JULY, 2023 [ZW$ EQUIVALENT AT INTERBANK RATE OF 20TH JULY, 2023] USD1: 4,752.27140 GRADE US$ USD (CON VERTED) USD USD (CON VERTED) ZWD A1 75 25 90 30 142 568 A2 83 28 100 34 161 577 A3 90 30 108 36 171 082 B1 99 33 119 40 190 091 B2 108 36 130 43 204 348 B3 119 40 143 48 228 109 B4 130 43 156 52 247 118 B5 144 48 173 58 275 632 C1 156 52 187 62 294 641 C2 172 57 206 68 323 154 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 at the agreement set forth herein, the undersigned officer of the Council hereby declare that the foregoing is the agreement arrived at and affix their signatures hereto. 647 S.I. 95 of 2024 Signed at Harare on the 20th 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. 648 Collective Bargaining Agreement: Agricultural Industry: Sugarcane Subsector Supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette dated the 24th May, 2024. Printed by the Government Printer, Harare.