When and how will the increase for the collective bargaining officer be determined?

As a result of the collective negotiations for the increase of civil servants for the period 2024-2025, an agreement could not be reached. The rate of increase of public servants and retired public servants will be determined by the Arbitration Board of Public Servants. The government’s second offer to civil servant unions was 15 percent in the first six months of 2024, 10 percent in the second six months, 6 percent in the first six months of 2025, and 5 percent in the second. six months of 2024.

WHEN AND HOW WILL THE ELEVATOR OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT OFFICER BE DEFINED?

The committee of public entrepreneurs presented the first proposal on August 14.

The second government proposal was discussed on August 17 and 22.

After the proposals, since there is no agreement between the government and the representatives of the officials for the increase of officials, a request will be submitted to the Board of Arbitration of Public Servants. At this stage, the Board will announce the decision of the collective agreement for the increase in officials by the end of the month at the latest.

THE JUDGES WILL DECIDE

Ali Yalçın, Chairman of Memur-Sen, made statements to the press after the meetings that began at 8:30 p.m. yesterday at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and ended at 3:40 a.m. today. Yalçın stated that the 7th Period Public Collective Agreement was concluded and said:

“We could not reach an agreement on the proportional part. The proportional part will go to the arbitrator and the arbitration process will begin, but in addition to the proportional increase in the general collective agreement, there were gains on important issues and the collective agreement was concluded by consensus in 11 branches of service.

OFFICER-SEN REQUEST

Memur-Sen, which is the authorized confederation at the collective bargaining table, had requested an increase of 35% in the first 3 months, 10% in the second 3 months, 15% in the third 3 months and 10% in the fourth 3 months, including social participation, for the quarterly periods of 2024.

By 2025, the Confederation required a 25 percent increase in the first 6 months and a 15 percent increase in the second 6 months, including social participation, for six-month periods.

SECOND GOVERNMENT OFFER

On the other hand, in its first offer on August 14, the Public Employers Committee offered 14 percent in the first semester of 2024, 9 percent in the second semester, 6 percent in the first semester of 2025 and 5 in the second semester. second semester, and on August 17 he submitted his offer, which was revised by 15 percent in the first semester of 2024, 10 percent in the second semester, 6 percent in the first semester of 2025, and 5 percent in the second semester. six months.

CLAIM “SHOW OFFER”

It has been claimed that the local elections in March were behind the government’s offer to the negotiating table well below the expected inflation. It is claimed that the economic management did not want to submit an offer to the table first, and had to submit the 14+9 percent offer for show purposes. It has been claimed that the government intends to gain an advantage in local elections by leaving the collective bargaining increase to the arbitral tribunal and granting an additional electoral increase at the beginning of the year, thus trying to get off the table with as little increase as possible.