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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.

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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

FieldValue
SourceThe Herald
Linkhttps://www.heraldonline.co.zw/nec-reviews-wages-for-agricultural-sector-workers/
Source last opened by the platformNever checked
Evidence retrieved20 August 2026
Fingerprint of the source pageNot taken. The page has not been read successfully.
Published by the source on4 August 2025
EmployerNational Employment Council for the Agricultural Industry
SectorAgriculture & Agro-processing
WhereNational
Status on this platformverified
Counted in published figuresYes

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.

Read thisWorkforce events are a record of what a named and citable source reported. They are not a census of job losses or job creation in Zimbabwe. Many changes in employment are never announced, and small employers are almost never reported at all, so the picture here leans towards large employers, listed companies, the public service and unionised sectors. Read the evidence link on any event before relying on it.

As at 5 Oct 2026, 13:43. Method version unknown.