Complementary Pension System was not included in the MTP and salary deduction is postponed
The planned 3% TES deduction from employees' gross wages has been suspended for now as it was not included in the new Medium-Term Program.
The Complementary Pension System, which concerns millions of employees, was not included in the new Medium-Term Program covering the 2027-2029 period. With this development, the planned additional 3% deduction from employees' gross salaries has dropped from the agenda for now.
TES was not included in the MTP
The Complementary Pension System, known in public as the second pension, could not find a place for itself in the Medium-Term Program for the 2027-2029 period.
The absence of the system in the program revealed that the foreseen additional deductions from employees' wages will not be implemented for now.
3 percent deduction plan
In the draft TES model, it was aimed to make a 3 percent deduction from the gross wages of employees and for employers to contribute at the same rate.
This deduction was expected to create an additional monthly cost of approximately 991 TL for an employee earning the minimum wage.
The process has been postponed multiple times
The timeline for the implementation of TES had previously been changed several times, with 2024 and 2025 indicated as targets.
The system had also been postponed in the 2026 Presidential Program and could not find a place for itself at all in the new MTP text.
Expert evaluations and employer cost
SSI Expert İsa Karakaş stated that it is not possible under current conditions to implement the system due to economic and social conditions.
Since the system envisaged a 3 percent contribution from employers in addition to employee contributions, it would have created an additional cost especially for SMEs and small businesses.