A special working group has been formed to review Azerbaijan’s minimum wage at least once a year.
Fuad Heydarov, head of the Labor Policy Department at the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, said this at a meeting of the Milli Majlis (National Assembly) Committee on Labor and Social Policy held today to discuss the draft law “On the State Budget for 2027,” Operative Information Center-OMM reports.
He said one of the recent amendments to the Labor Code introduced a mechanism for reviewing the minimum wage at least once a year. “A working group has already been established under the Cabinet of Ministers to implement this mechanism. It includes heads and deputy heads of relevant government agencies, as well as representatives of social partners. In examining the issue, the group will take into account the criteria concerning the minimum wage set out in the law ‘On the Subsistence Minimum,’ as well as the specific features of the agencies and organizations managed by each party and responsible for implementing its policies. This will make it possible to determine both the hourly rate and the overall amount of the minimum wage,” he said.
