A critical decision for millions of workers: a new era in meal allowance calculation.

Today, it was announced in the Official Gazette that a change has been made to the Social Insurance Transactions Regulation. In workplaces where meals are not provided, meal vouchers and checks have been included in the meal cost payments. With the new regulation, instead of converting the daily minimum wage amount into meal costs at a specified rate, the daily meal cost will be taken as the basis for calculation.

CHANGE IN MEAL COST CALCULATION

Before the change, the following statement was included for meal costs: "In cases where meals are not provided at the workplace or its annex, any payments made under the name of meal costs to insured individuals or to third parties for the insured individuals, will be the amount found by multiplying the daily minimum wage by the rate determined by the Institution's Board of Directors with the number of days actually worked."

WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1!

The article that will come into effect on January 1, 2025, includes the following sentences: "In cases where meals are not provided at the workplace or its annex, if the benefits provided to the insured through meal provision are provided in cash or through tools such as meal cards/vouchers/coupons that can be used outside of meal services, the portion not exceeding the amount found by multiplying the daily meal cost determined by the Institution's Board of Directors with the number of days actually worked."