Collective Bargaining Agreement-Agricultural Industry-Agro Subsector
The agro subsector of agriculture drops the SI 41 of 2022 job schedule and adopts the NEC's 2024 job evaluation grades — republished with corrections two weeks later as S.I. 232 of 2025.
Published under section 80(1) of the Labour Act, this is the registered collective bargaining agreement for the agro subsector of the agricultural industry, agreed between the employer parties — ZAEO, ZCFU, ZFU, CFU, ZAADEO and agro employer representatives — and the unions GAPWUZ, HGAPWUZ, ZHAGAWU and PAAWUZ on the National Employment Council for the Agricultural Industry.
The parties revoke the job schedule in S.I. 41 of 2022 as it applies to the agro subsector and adopt the NEC's Agro Sector Job Evaluation Report 2024, which sets out the subsector's jobs and the broad band and sub-grade attached to each.
The agreement was signed at Harare on 15 January 2025 and is binding on all organisations in the agricultural industry.
Readers should work from the corrected text: this instrument was republished with corrections as S.I. 232 of 2025 on 26 December 2025. It sets job grades only and does not fix wage rates.
What changed
- The S.I. 41 of 2022 job schedule is revoked for the agro subsector
- The NEC Agro Sector Job Evaluation Report 2024 becomes the subsector's job and grade schedule
- Binding on all organisations within the agricultural industry
- Later republished with corrections as S.I. 232 of 2025
Who this affects
- Agro subsector employers
- Agricultural workers being re-graded
- Payroll and HR administrators in agro-processing
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.