2025 minimum wage to be announced this week! Two different figures are on the table

Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan announced that the 2025 minimum wage will be determined within this week.

In his statement yesterday (December 24), Minister Işıkhan said, "The Minimum Wage Determination Commission will meet on Thursday or Friday, and the 2025 minimum wage will be set."

TÜRK-İŞ ANNOUNCED ITS RAISE DEMAND IN RECENT DAYS

Türk-İş, which sits at the table representing the worker side in the Minimum Wage Determination Commission, had announced its raise demand in recent days.

Türk-İş had requested a 20 percent welfare share in addition to a 45 percent raise, asking for the net minimum wage to be 29,583 liras. This corresponds to a 74 percent raise.

According to the report by Türkiye newspaper, a net minimum wage of 29,583 liras means that its cost to the employer would rise to around 36,000 liras.

HOW MUCH WILL THE MINIMUM WAGE RAISE BE?

While a 32.5 percent raise had previously emerged based on the average inflation formula, this figure was seen as the rate at which negotiations would begin.

Now, it is expected that minimum wage negotiations will begin with at least a 40 percent raise.

The President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan factor is also present in the minimum wage raise negotiations.

Erdoğan may also increase the raise rate to 45 percent to partially meet the workers' raise demand.

2 DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR MINIMUM WAGE

In the event of a 40 percent raise, the net minimum wage will rise to 23,802 liras, and in the event of a 45 percent raise, it will rise to 24,653 liras.