Collective Bargaining Agreement Food and Allied Industries (Brewing and Distilling Sub-sector)

This Collective Bargaining Agreement amends the Food and Allied Industries (Brewing and Distilling Sub-sector) agreement published in S.I. 26 of 2012. It was made between the Brewing and Distilling Employers Association and the Brewing and Distilling Workers Union, registered under section 79 and published under section 80 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01].

The parties met on 7 October 2022 and agreed to raise the minimum wage from ZWL$81 857,82 to ZWL$140 000 a month, the housing allowance from ZWL$17 350,36 to ZWL$28 000, the transport allowance from ZWL$18 000 to ZWL$24 334, and the subsistence allowance from ZWL$16 833,33 to ZWL$18 000. A 5 per cent grade differential is applied to the basic wage up the scale.

The grade table compares April to June 2022 with July to September 2022. On the new July to September 2022 figures, grade 1 totals ZWL$192 334 (basic 140 000, transport 24 334, housing 28 000) and grade 9 totals ZWL$259 177,76 (basic 206 843,76 with the same allowances). Intermediate grades run 147 000, 154 350, 162 067,50, 170 170,88, 178 679,42, 187 613,39 and 196 994,06 in basic pay.

Two practical points: increases on actual wages for the same period were left to individual companies to negotiate, and where the employer provides physical housing or transport, the corresponding allowance does not apply.

The agreement was signed at Harare on 7 October 2022 but gazetted on 15 March 2024, roughly eighteen months later, and its figures are in the old Zimbabwe dollar. It is therefore of back-pay and historic significance rather than a current wage floor. The running header on the first page misprints the citation as 'S.I. 44 of 2024'.