The minimum wage bargaining, which concerns close to 7 million employees, has started. The demands of workers and employers' representatives will be discussed on the table.
Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, who made a statement after the meeting, said the final minimum wage figure will be determined at the 4th meeting in the last week of December.
The Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, as of 2019, we see that the minimum wage applied in our country surpassed many other European Union countries such as Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Portugal. When we look at the reflection of the minimum wage to the purchasing power, our country has risen to 10th rank among the EU member and candidate countries at the beginning of 2002, at the 15th place in 2017 and 2018, and this year our country has reached the 10th rank.
The Minimum Wage Determination Commission, consisting of workers, employers and government representatives, held its first meeting under the chairmanship of Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk to determine the minimum wage to be valid in 2020.
Workers Unions Confederation of Turkey (Türk-İş) represented the employees side and Confederation of Employer Associations (TISK) represented employeers side.
Although the minimum wage, in essence is a social protection fee that affects many items one-to-one, Minister Selcuk said that the minimum wage will be determined after the 4th meeting hosted by the ministry as of the last week of December.
Although the minimum wage, in essence is a social protection fee that affects many items one-to-one, Minister Selcuk said that the minimum wage will be determined after the 4th meeting hosted by the Ministry as of the last week of December.
NET MINIMUM WAGE 2020 TURKISH LIRAS
Minimum wage, is still 2,558 liras for single workers, taxes and after the cut of deductions it wage fell to 2,020 liras are applied as a net.
Apartment workers, unlike normal workers, income and stamp taxes are not cut net 2,174 liras they get paid. The total cost of the minimum wage to the employer, 3,006 liras for a single worker.
THE MINIMUM WAGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES...
The marathon began to determine the minimum wage for 2020 in Turkey. So what's the case with other countries in the world when compared to the minimum wage in Turkey? Where is the highest minimum wage according to Eurostats data? Turkey ranks 24th among the 27 countries with the minimum wage figure.
BELGIUM 1,593.81 EURO
BULGARIA 286.33 EURO
CZECH REPUBLIC 518.97 EURO
GERMANY 1,557.00 EURO
ESTONIA 540.00 EURO
IRELAND 1,656.20 EURO
GREECE 758.33 EURO
SPAIN 1,050.00 EURO
FRANCE 1,521.22 EURO
CROATIA 505.90 EURO
LATVIA 430.00 EURO
LITHUANIA 555.00 EURO
LUXEMBOURG 2,071.10 EURO
HUNGARY 464.20 EURO
MALTA 761.97 EURO
NETHERLANDS 1,635.60 EURO
POLAND 523.09 EURO
PORTUGAL 700.00 EURO
ROMANIA 446.02 EURO
SLOVENIA 886.63 EURO
SLOVAKIA 520.00 EURO
UNITED KINGDOM 1,524.52 EURO
MONTENEGRO 331.33 EURO
ALBANIA 210.66 EURO
SERBIA 307.67 EURO
THE U.S. 1,097.53 EURO
TURKEY 318.11 EURO