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The Turkish Labour Code No. 4857, which is the primary law of Turkish Labour Law, has introduced special provisions regarding workers who will be assigned with active military service or with a duty arising from any law. Accordingly, the employment contract of a worker who is called to arms for maneuvers or any reason other...

The Turkish Labour Code No. 4857, which is the fundamental law of Turkish Labour Law, defines a period called “the notice period” for the termination of employment contracts. Both the employee and the employer are obliged to comply with the rules regarding the notice period and notify the other party within a certain period of...

The primary law of the Turkish Labour Legislation, the Labour Code No. 4857, brings positive discriminatory provisions for the disabled in Türkiye. Accordingly, private sector employers are required to employ three percent disabled employees in private sector workplaces where they employ fifty or more employees. In addition, the public workplaces are required to employ four...

The Turkish Labour Code No. 4857, which is the fundamental law of Turkish Labour Law, defines a period called “the notice period” for the termination of employment contracts. Both the employee and the employer are obliged to comply with the rules regarding the notice period and notify the other party within a certain period of...

The Labour Code No. 4857, which determines the basic principles of the Turkish Labour Law, has set several rules in the nature of positive discrimination for certain groups of employees. One of these employee groups consists of disabled employees and ex-convicts. Accordingly, employers are required to employ three percent disabled employees in private sector workplaces...

The Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Code No. 5510, which is the fundamental law of the Turkish Social Security Regime, details which employees must be socially insured, the premiums to be paid on behalf of employees, and the assistances and services to be provided to employees. In this regard, the provisions of the Article...

Voluntary insurance constitutes one of the rights brought by the Turkish Social Security System. Accordingly, among those residing in Türkiye and Turkish citizens residing in countries where a social security agreement has not been signed while residing in Türkiye can be voluntarily insured as to fit the following conditions: Those who are over the age...

In Turkish Social Security Law, the insurance branches referred to as short-term insurance branches include “work accident and occupational disease insurance”, “sickness insurance” and “maternity insurance”. The legal rules regarding the insurance branches in question are determined by the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Code No. 5510, and the application procedures and principles are...

The Occupational Health and Safety Code No. 6331, which entered into force in 2012, is the fundamental law that determines the minimum health and safety conditions that must be present in workplaces in Türkiye. One of the regulations introduced by the Code No. 6331 is the obligation to have an “employee representative” in the workplace....

One of the prohibitions imposed by the Occupational Health and Safety Code No. 6331, which is the fundamental law determining the rules for occupational health and safety in workplaces in Türkiye, is the “prohibition on the use of addictive substances” for workers. Accordingly, it is prohibited to come to the workplace drunk or under the...