# Salary Will Be Calculated by the Hour: Who Will the New System Apply To?

The hourly wage system in Azerbaijan may create new employment opportunities.

As reported by Oxu.Az, this was stated today at a session of the Milli Majlis Committee on Labor and Social Policy by the committee's chairman Musa Guliyev.

He noted that the hourly minimum wage can ensure an equal and fair approach to the remuneration of workers employed in agriculture, housing, tourism, consumer services, transportation services, and the IT sector.

"The introduction of hourly wages, being a work arrangement that encourages the entry into the labor market of women with young children, students, and retirees, is also significant as a social tool that allows the formalization of informal employment. It has also been established that the minimum hourly wage rate cannot be lower than the minimum wage calculated on a per-hour basis," he said.

According to him, the Cabinet of Ministers will determine the list of types of economic activity in which hourly wages will be applied:

"The hourly wage system will be used for remuneration in cases where the employment contract is concluded for a period of less than one month or when the weekly working hours do not exceed 20 hours."