Zimbabwe Labour Market Intelligence
Restructuring at National Employment Council for the Agricultural Industry
An employer reorganises its structure in a way that changes jobs, reporting lines or terms, whether or not headcount falls.
Prepared 5 October 2026
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Restructuring at National Employment Council for the Agricultural Industry
An employer reorganises its structure in a way that changes jobs, reporting lines or terms, whether or not headcount falls.
What happened, in plain words
Employers and unions in general agriculture agreed a new collective bargaining agreement backdated to 1 June 2025. The lowest grade rose from 75 to 80 United States dollars a month and the top grade from 149 to 159 dollars. Workers must be paid 65 percent in United States dollars with the rest in local ZiG currency, and fuel and night allowances each rose by one dollar. Farm work is one of the largest sources of formal employment in Zimbabwe, so the floor wage matters widely.
Not stated
People reported
The source did not give a countable number, so none is shown
1 June 2025
Date of the event
high
Confidence in the record
How the number was arrived at
Sector wide collective bargaining agreement, no covered worker count published
Evidence
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source | The Herald |
| Link | https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/nec-reviews-wages-for-agricultural-sector-workers/ |
| Source last opened by the platform | Never checked |
| Evidence retrieved | 20 August 2026 |
| Fingerprint of the source page | Not taken. The page has not been read successfully. |
| Published by the source on | 4 August 2025 |
| Employer | National Employment Council for the Agricultural Industry |
| Sector | Agriculture & Agro-processing |
| Where | National |
| Status on this platform | verified |
| Counted in published figures | Yes |
Agreement covers grades A1 to C2 in general agriculture. Corresponding statutory instruments published by Veritas Zimbabwe.
The rule this record had to meet
An employer reorganises its structure in a way that changes jobs, reporting lines or terms, whether or not headcount falls.
Evidence required: An employer statement or a union statement describing the reorganisation. Where headcount effects are not stated, the count is left empty and only the reorganisation is recorded.
As at 5 Oct 2026, 13:43. Method version unknown.