Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which affects the world, macro and micro data of the economy, budget indicators and realizations, inflation, interest rates and rates and changes of the exchange rate continue to produce more losses, problems and difficulties for certain social segments.
Memur-Sen labour union published a statement on the economic problems caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.
In the statement, the interest rate increased from 15 percent to 19 percent with an increase of 4 points and 26 percent since December 2020, the sharp rise in the exchange rate of 10 percent, the sharp rise in the band of 15 percent, and the 15 percent of annual inflation, the percent of the year-end inflation forecast. In the face of visible data such as 13, 14 percent, statements that it is impossible not to see the decline in the salaries and financial rights of public officials, the shaking in their budgets and the decrease in their purchasing power were used.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the 'Economy Reform Package', which underlined that the demands of public officials are not included in the 'Economy Reform Package', in terms of the salaries and wages of public officials in terms of 2020 and 2021, It was emphasized that there are processes that require the compensation and compensation of insufficient, unfair and inequitable salary increases.
It is stated that the compensation of the losses suffered by public officials is within the scope of the common duty, authority and responsibility of the political will, the government and the public administration.
Increasing the salaries of public officials by 20 percent of the lowest civil servant salary, effective from January, compensating the losses of public officials due to income tax rates and tax bases and fixing the income tax rates at 15 percent, and to pay public officials in the name of inflation difference compensation, by calculating the inflation-induced wage losses that occur within the framework of the 5th period collective agreement, which was governed by the decision of the Public Officials Arbitration Board.