Azerbaijan plans to introduce an hourly wage system, Milli Majlis member Vugar Bayramov has said. The change will primarily apply to people working flexible or hybrid schedules.
A member of the Milli Majlis’s Economic Policy, Industry and Entrepreneurship Committee, Vugar Bayramov, has announced that an hourly wage system is set to be introduced in Azerbaijan. According to the lawmaker, the main goal of the move is to ensure that earnings of people working set hours are officially recorded, which would allow taxes and social contributions to be paid in full.
The lawmaker said the new model would be particularly useful for skilled workers who hold multiple jobs to earn extra income. Under the system, such workers’ salaries would be officially registered and social contributions calculated on their behalf, laying the groundwork for their future pension savings.
The lawmaker said the mechanism would widen job opportunities for the public while bringing the labour arrangements of people working flexible schedules into a legal framework and strengthening their social protection. He stressed that for workers, the system could serve as both an additional source of income and an important tool for building future pension entitlements.
