The second meeting of the Minimum Wage Determination Commission began

The second meeting of the Commission for the Determination of the Minimum Wage has begun in the field of work to determine the interim increase to the minimum wage.

The meeting organized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security under the chairmanship of Labor General Manager Sadettin Akyıl was attended by the TÜRK-İŞ delegation representing the workers’ section and the Turkish Confederation of Employers’ Unions (TİSK) in representation of the section of employers.

At the meeting, which was closed to the press, representatives of the Treasury, Finance and Trade ministries and the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) are expected to present economic data and reports.

CURRENT MINIMUM FEE

The minimum wage is applied as a monthly gross income of 10,08 lira per worker, and 8,506 lira and 80 kuruş net when taxes and deductions are deducted.

The total cost of the minimum wage for the employer is 11,759 liras and 40 cents per worker. 10 thousand 8 liras of this is the gross minimum wage, 1551 liras 24 cents of social security premium, 200 liras 16 cents of the employer’s unemployment insurance fund.

THE FORGOTTEN $500 PLEDGE AFTER THE ELECTION

It is striking that the authorities, who made statements about the minimum wage after the elections, did not make any statement regarding the $500 that was pronounced before the election.

Vedat Bilgin, who was Minister of Labor and Social Security before the new cabinet, said in a television program in which he participated: “We will regulate the minimum wage in July in a way that protects real purchasing power. In January we made a deal that took it to the highest level of more than $455 in dollars in the history of the Republic. We will do the same in July. It will be a fee of approximately 500 dollars. Our work is done, ”he said.

Official statements that the minimum wage will rise to the $500 level with the July interim increase were muted by the sharp rise in the post-election exchange rate. Despite Bilgin’s statement “Our work is done,” none of the officials mentioned $500 after the election.

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, on the other hand, made a statement about the minimum wage on the TV show he participated in: “The dollar does not stand still, it changes every day. We have to talk TL,” he said. (SÖZCÜ-AA)