Collective Bargaining Agreement Agricultural Industry- Timber Subsector
Timber subsector minimum wages, effective 1 January 2024: US$127 a month at grade A1 to US$252 at C2, with US$99 paid in US dollars and US$28 in local currency at the interbank rate.
This registered collective bargaining agreement for the timber subsector sets minimum monthly wages with effect from 1 January 2024, gazetted on 5 December 2025.
The minimum is built from a component of US$28 payable in local currency and a further component of US$99 payable in United States dollars. The local-currency component converts at the interbank rate prevailing on the 20th day of the month for which the wage is due; the schedule's figures were struck at the 23 February 2024 rate of US$1:13 736.3608.
By grade the new minimums are US$127 at A1, US$137 at A2, US$147 at A3, US$160 at B1, US$173 at B2, US$186 at B3, US$201 at B4, US$219 at B5, US$236 at C1 and US$252 at C2, against former minimums of US$115 at A1 to US$228 at C2.
This supersedes the January 2023 timber schedule published as S.I. 220 of 2025, which ran from US$65 to US$129.
Establishments or employees may apply to the National Employment Council for exemption or partial exemption within 14 days of the date of the agreement.
What changed
- Minimum monthly wages from US$127 (A1) to US$252 (C2), effective 1 January 2024
- Wage split into a US$99 USD component and a US$28 component paid in local currency
- Local-currency component converts at the interbank rate on the 20th of the month
- Roughly doubles the January 2023 timber minimums published as S.I. 220 of 2025
Who this affects
- Timber plantation and sawmilling employers
- Timber subsector workers in grades A1 to C2
- Payroll administrators in the timber industry
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