# In Azerbaijan, salaries will increase every year: a working group has been established

A working group has been established in Azerbaijan to review the minimum wage at least once a year.

As reported by BAKU.WS with reference to Oxu.Az, this was stated by Fuad Heydarov, Head of the Labor Policy Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, at today's session of the Milli Majlis Committee on Labor and Social Policy.

According to him, one of the amendments introduced to the legislation provides for the implementation of a mechanism for reviewing the minimum wage at least once a year.

"In connection with the implementation of this mechanism, a working group has already been established under the Cabinet of Ministers. It includes heads and deputy heads of the relevant state bodies, as well as representatives of social partners.

Naturally, when the working group considers the issue, it will take into account both the criteria established by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan 'On the Subsistence Minimum' regarding the minimum wage, and the specifics of the bodies and organizations that each party leads and in which it implements its policy. This will ensure the determination of the hourly and overall minimum wage amounts," Heydarov noted.