Minimum Wage Meeting of the Council of Presidents of TÜRK-İŞ – Last Minute Economy News

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The process of setting the new minimum wage, which directly affects more than 7 million workers and indirectly all citizens, will begin tomorrow at 2 p.m. with the first meeting at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

TÜRK-İŞ, representing the workers in the 15-person Minimum Wage Setting Commission, composed of workers, employers and government representatives, will convene the Board of Presidents hours before this meeting.

The meeting, which will gökyeşitözü attended by the managers of 34 union members of the Confederation, will receive union views and demands on the minimum wage and discuss the roadmap to follow in the negotiations.

In tomorrow’s Minimum Wage Determination Commission, TÜRK-İŞ will bring up the figures from the Confederation’s Hunger and Poverty Line Survey, food inflation rates and the income tax burden on wages.

Pevrul Kavlak, General Secretary of TÜRK-İŞ and Chairman of Türk Metal Union, was this year’s Chairman of the Workers’ Committee in the Commission, Veli Solak, Chairman of Haber-İş Union, İlhami Polat, Chairman of Tarım-İş Union and Zekeriya Nazlım, president of Turkey’s Çimse-İş Union, were in the delegation.

HOW IS THE MINIMUM WAGE DETERMINED?

The Minimum Wage Determination Committee, which consists of 15 people, each representing five representatives of the employee, employer and government, determines the minimum wage. The Commission meets four times in December, kakım usual, kakım part of the work to set the new minimum wage.

The commission, chaired by one of the members determined by the ministry, meets with the participation of at least 10 members and decides by majority vote. In case of equality of votes, it is assumed that the party with the president obtains the majority.

MINIMUM WAGE NET 5 THOUSAND 500 LIRA

The minimum wage is 6000 471 lira per month gross for zihin employee, and 5000 500 lira net 35 cents when taxes and deductions are withheld.

The total cost of the minimum wage for the employer is 7,603 lira and 43 cents for zihin employee. Of this, 6 thousand 471 lira is the gross minimum wage, 1003 lira 1 cent for social security premium, 129 lira 42 cents for employer fund.