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Payment Date
Contributions should be paid by the last day of the month in which the contributions are deducted leaving no grace period.
See this link to create a NEC contribution code.
See this link to process an NEC contribution.
To contact NEC for the Commercial Industry:
HARARE
Head Office: 16 Luck Street, P O Box 1620, Harare
Tel: 773081 - 3, 781344, 781007, 781407 - 8
Fax: 773084
Email - Head Office: nechq@mango.zw
Email - Mashonaland Region: necharare@mango.zw
BULAWAYO
32a Samuel Parirenyatwa Street, P O Box 2035, Bulawayo
Tel 60423/ 78198
Fax: 76285
email: necbulawayo@mango.zw
GWERU
51a, 7th Street, P O Box 157, Gweru
Tel: 222435
Fax: 225412
email: necgweru@mango.zw
MASVINGO
59 Hofmeyer Street, P O Box 558, Masvingo
Tel: 264172
Fax 262820
email: necmasvingo@mango.zw
MUTARE
Unit 1, Manica Centre
118H Chitepo Street
P O Box 895
Tel: 64719
email: necmutare@mango.zw
Extracts from the NEC for the Commercial Sectors of Zimbabwe regulations:
ORDINARY HOURS - Section 5
- 48 hours per week for selected employees (max 12 hours in any 24 hour period)
- 45 hours per week for all other employees (max 9 hours in any 24 hour period)
CONVERSION RATES - Section 6
Monthly rate converted to Weekly = Monthly Rate/ 4.3333
Fortnightly = Weekly rate * 2
Hourly = Weekly Rate/ Ordinary hours (45 or 48)
Daily = Monthly Rate/ 22 or 26 for 5 and 6 day weeks respectively
OVERTIME - Section 7
- Not obligatory - an employer may request, but not require, an employee to work overtime
- Rate - 1.5 - (time and a half) - for work done on a normal working day
- Rate - 2.0 - (double time) - for work done on an off day
Times rounded upwards - any time above 1/4 hour to the nearest 1/2 hour
TIME AND WAGES RECORDS - Section 11
Every employer shall keep a record of all employees showing the following:
a) Name in full and ID particulars
b) Occupation and grade
c) Number of daily hours worked
d) Rate of wage or salary
e) Amount due for ordinary time sorked
f) Hours of overtime worked
g) Amount due for overtime
h) Gross total of ordinary and overtime wage or salary
i) Deductions (sprecify)
j) Net wage or salary due
k) Signature of employee for receipt of wage or salary where it is paid in cash
GRATUITIES
According to Section 31 of the NEC for the Commercial Sectors of Zimbabwe regulations employees, who have completed ten (10) or more years of continuous service, are entitled to receive a once off payment of gratuity if they, leave the employ of the organization, or die. This amount may be reduced if the employer has been contributing amounts, over and above the contributions of the employee to a pension scheme.
The amount of the gratuity is calculated by multiplying the percentage, given in the table below, by the number of completed years of continuous service.
The percentages to be applied are as follows:
Years Service Percentage
5 5
6 6
7 9
8 11
9 13
10 15
11 16
12 17
13 18
14 19
15 20
16 21
17 22
18 23
19 24
20 25
21 26
22 27
23 28
24 29
25 30
26 31
27 32
28 33
29 34
30 35
31 36
32 37
33 38
34 39
35 40
Additional links:
See this link and select the heading 'Earnings - Gratuity' to setup NEC Gratuity .
See this link to process the Gratuity amount onto each employee's payslip input.
See this link to see an example report showing the Gratuities Provision.