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As it is known, a retirement reform is on the agenda of the Turkish labour life. In this regard, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Turkey is currently preparing a new regulation bill regarding “Employees waiting for retirement age” (also known as EYT in Turkey). According to the Turkish Social...

As it is known, some measures have been taken to eliminate the effects of the economic recession within the scope of the Covid-19 Pandemic, which started to be seen in Turkey in April 2020. Within the scope of these measures, the employees of employers who want to do short-time work due to the Pandemic were...

As it is known, a retirement reform is on the agenda of the Turkish labour life. In this regard, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Turkey is currently preparing a new regulation bill regarding “Employees waiting for retirement age” (also known as EYT in Turkey). Preparations on this issue are...

The Minimum Wage Support which is being provided to employers per employees who are getting wage up to a certain amount, is being determined and increased for the first half of the year 2023. Act No. 7431 on the Amendment of the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law and Some Laws and Statutory Decrees...

According to the Turkish Labour Law, severance pay is the compensation paid over the last gross wage for each seniority year of  a worker. The seniority of the worker is calcuated by taking consideration all the years passed at the same workplace and the years passed working at different workplaces of the same employer. As...

Act No. 7431 on the Amendment of the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law and Some Certain Laws and Statutory Decrees is being published in the Turkish Official Gazette dated January 13, 2023 and thus has entered into force. Some important amendments concerning employers and employees have been made with this act in the...

As the employer and the employee are not in equal positions in the employment relationship, and despite that there is a rule of “freedom of contract”, the public authority involves in and defines the minimum conditions for an employment relationship. In case of violation or breach of the rules defined in the Turkish Labour Law,...

Unemployment Allowance is one of the rights that is being provided to employees according to the Turkish Labour Law. The unemployment allowance is being implemented in line with the Unemployment Insurance Act No. 4447 of 1999. Among those insured whom employment contracts are ended as to qualify to unemployment allowance can get unemployment benefit by...

As being implemented as of 1st of January 2023, the Minimum Wage Determination Commission has determined the national monthly minimum wage as gross TRL 10.008,00 and net TRL 8.506,80 as to be applied all employees in Turkey. By this decision an increase of 54,66 percent is being made in the monthly minimum wage. The determined...

There are some special rights provided to pregnant and lactating female employees with the Turkish Labour Law. Two important rights among these are the right to make “half-time work” and to receive “half-work allowance”. Thanks to these rights, which were introduced with the Act No. 6663 in 2016, it is aimed to prevent specific problems...