Negotiation of minimum wage ‘increase plus taxes’

The negotiations of the minimum wage determination commission began with the worker’s request for an ‘increase plus tax bracket’ and the employer’s offer of ‘inflation plus social participation’.

Türk-İş President Ergün Atalay announced that they will start negotiating the minimum wage at 7,785 lira, which is the hunger limit.

With this statement, it has been made sure that Türk-İş will not accept an increase rate of 41.5 percent or less.

Türk-İş is expected to evaluate offers such as 8 thousand TL (45.5 percent), 8 thousand 250 TL (50 percent) or 8 thousand 500 TL (54.5 percent).

THE TAX BANK IS ON THE TABLE

Türk-İş will carry out this year’s minimum wage negotiations along with the increase in the tax bracket, as well as the improvement of the tax bracket.

Türk-İş and TİSK had previously sent a joint letter to the government on this issue, reporting that the income tax bracket, which was 20 times the minimum wage 20 years ago, had been reduced to 5 times, leading to a decrease in wages in the middle of the year.

Since the minimum wage is already tax-exempt, this lawsuit will prevent the loss of income for those who earn more than the minimum wage.

CPI PLUS WEALTH SHARE

At the negotiating table, employer representatives are expected to mention 6-month inflation plus the 10-15 point social participation formula.

This shows that even with the social participation of the IPC + 15, the increase offer will remain around 30-35%, and the employer will negotiate a maximum of 7 thousand 425 TL.

However, it is stated that this year the minimum wage will be determined by the electoral environment and not by the negotiating table.

‘WE WILL START THE BARGAIN FROM 7 thousand 785 TL’

TÜRK-İŞ President Ergün Atalay made a critical statement before the minimum wage commission and said that they would start negotiations on the minimum wage not from 5,500 lira, but from 7,785 lira, which is the hunger limit. .

Atalay said: “We will go where we can go above 7,785 lira. If there is a figure that will please the majority of society and that we will agree with, we will sit down and sign it. We do not sign under the figure that the worker is not satisfied, nor do we sit at that table. The minimum wage has become a living wage, it is necessary to get out of this spiral, ”he said.