Pursuant to Article 39 of the Labour Code (Law No. 4857), for the purpose of the regulation of the economic and social standards of employees, the minimum salary paid to employees employed under employment contracts and those do and do not fall within the scope of the Labour Code is to be determined by the Minimum Wage Determination Commissions of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. For this year, the gross minimum wage to be paid from 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2009 is TL666.00, and from 1 July 2009 to 31 December 2009 TL693.00.