7% Salary Increase For Funeral Sector Employees

Government has announced that workers in the funeral industry have been awarded a seven percent salary increase to cushion them against the harsh economic conditions.

This was announced in the Government Gazette on Friday. The salary adjustment is with effect from January 1.The least paid employee in the funeral services sector was earning $297,05 a month prior to the cost of living adjustment. The least will now be getting $317,84. Part of the announcement reads:

This supplementary agreement is made pursuant to the National Employment Council for the Funeral Industry Principal Agreement (Statutory Instrument 76 of 2016). Companies in the funeral Industry award the following; a seven percent wage increase on minimum salary wage for all grades. Companies that are able to pay more are encouraged to do so and advise the National Employment Council (NEC) of such increases.

Recently, workers in the mining industry were awarded an 80 percent wage increase following negotiations between the Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (AMWUZ) and the Chamber of Mines. Civil servants have also agreed to a salary increase of between 25 and 29 percent as part of a $400 million cost of living adjustment after months of negotiations.

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