Collective Bargaining Agreement National Employment Council for Electronics Communications, Radio, TV Manufacturing and Allied Industry

The Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has published a further Collective Bargaining Agreement for the electronics, communications, radio and TV manufacturing and allied industry, made under section 80(1) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] and registered under section 79. It is to be read as one with the principal agreement in S.I. 247 of 2006.

The agreement, between the industry's employers' association and workers' union through their National Employment Council, raises minimum basic salaries for the period 1 January to 31 March 2023.

The monthly grade scale in Zimbabwe dollars is: A1 261 695,68; A2 274 566,98; A3 290 083,13; B1 308 632,25; B2 330 628,45; B3 356 629,37; B4 387 339,14; C1 423 550,17; C2 466 267,98; C3 516 750,61; and C4 576 525,92.

The agreement instructs all employers in the industry to comply, but expressly preserves more favourable arrangements already in place — no employee is to be moved down to the minimum. The NEC also reminds employers to remit council subscriptions promptly and in the same manner as staff are paid.

The agreement was signed at Harare on 20 April 2023 and gazetted on 12 April 2024, nearly a year later and over a year after the quarter it covers. The figures are in the old Zimbabwe dollar, superseded by ZiG in April 2024, so this schedule is of historic and back-pay significance rather than a current wage floor.