Social Security Institution (SGK) circular No: 2016 – 04 regarding Minimum Wage Support is issued on 10.02.2016.

Practice principles in Article 17 on the Law With Regard To Amending Some Laws and Article 68 that has been added to the Law ad interim have been elaborated. As we have stated in our previous announcement, with the addition of this article, main subject of the incentive that shall be provided only in 2016 is as below.

The General Health Insurance entered into force as of 12/1/2012 with the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Act no. 5510. It covers all persons residing in Türkiye. Before the concerned act was put into effect, there were persons who were not subject to any insurance branch under 4/a, 4/b or 4/c. With the General Health Insurance, all persons residing in Türkiye have been taken into insurance coverage.

You can reach the announcement of the Social Security Institution on Minimum Wage Support dated 05.02.2016 from the link below.

The circular will be published following the determination of the application procedures and principles regarding the subject.

As stated in the announcement, the transactions regarding the issuance of the Monthly Premium and Service Documents for the January 2016 period and the payment of the premium will be carried out within the framework of the current practices, and there will be no different application for the period of January 2016.

The Law No: 6661 on Military Service and Amendment of Certain Laws has been published in the Official Gazette dated 27 January 2016, No: 29606 and entered into force. With Article 17 of the said Law and Provisional Article 68 added to the Law No: 5510 on Social Security and General Health Insurance, the SGK (Social Security Institution) incentive granted to employers for 2016 has been declared. According to this article, regarding the total number of premium payment days of insured declared in the monthly premium and service declaration (APHB) to be approved in 2016, for insured declared with a daily income of 85 TL as basis for premium and below declared in APHB submitted to the Institution in the same month of 2015, in other words, the insured whose monthly SGK base is declared as 2550 TL and below, on condition to not exceed the total number of days of premium, daily 3.33 TL will be deducted from the total employer’s premium to be paid to the Institution and this amount will be covered for the whole year 2016 by the Treasury. Thus, additional treasury incentive will be provided, which will not exceed 99.90 TL monthly, per person.