The Public Officials Arbitration Board Thursday determined to implement wage will increase for civil servants and retired civil servants in the course of the first half of 2024 with a 15% increase, adopted by a ten% increase within the second half moreover the next rises in a yr after.
For the primary half of 2025, a 6% increase will likely be utilized, adopted by a 5% increase within the second half of the yr, as per Anadolu Agency (AA) reviews.
The seventh Period Public Sector Collective Agreement, which determines the monetary and social rights of roughly 4 million civil servants and a pair of.5 million retired civil servants in Türkiye, for the years 2024 and 2025, has been concluded.
Under the management of President Metin Yener, the arbitration board convened for the fifth time on the presidency of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) on the assembly that started at 10:00 a.m. (7:00 a.m. GMT).
The Board has agreed to grant wage will increase for each civil servants and retired civil servants within the aforementioned proportion quantities.
The resolution was taken with six votes in favor of accepting the proposal, whereas 5 members of the board voted in opposition to the choice. The Confederation of Public Employees Trade Union (KESK) consultant didn’t attend the voting.
Along with the choice which is said to be binding, it was agreed that the inflation differential could be supplied in its present type in six-month intervals.
Commenting on the choice, Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan mentioned: “We have provided important rights to our public employees in service branches and in 341 articles that we have agreed upon. From now on, we will continue our understanding of protecting all our employees against inflation.”
The annual inflation within the nation, which subsequently eased to as little as 38.21% in June, rose once more to just about 48% final month as a result of Turkish lira’s decline and the tax hikes.
To tackle this subject, the federal government has applied a spread of measures, together with financial coverage changes, fiscal reforms and structural adjustments in key sectors of the economic system.
Earlier in May, the federal government introduced the choice to boost the minimal month-to-month civil servants’ wage to TL 22,000 ($824.9).
Meanwhile, the nation’s new medium-term program, which covers the 2024-26 interval, is anticipated to be unveiled by the highest officers in September.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
