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Regulations regarding workers’ rights in Türkiye are regulated in the Labour Code No. 4857. Pregnant or breastfeeding female employees are a group subject to special regulations in the said law. In addition, according to the Regulation on Working Conditions of Pregnant or Breastfeeding Women, Nursing Rooms and Child Care Centres issued in accordance with the...

Regulations regarding workers’ rights in Türkiye are regulated in the Labour Code No. 4857, which is the primary legislation of the Turkish Labour Law. Pregnant and breastfeeding workers are a group subject to special regulations in the said law. Accordingly, it is essential that female workers are not allowed to work for a total of...

Foreign nationals who want to work in Türkiye are compulsorily required to obtain a “Work Permit” or “Work Permit Exemption Certificate”. Work permits are certificates issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, General Directorate of International Labor. One of the types of work permits granted for foreigners in Türkiye is the “Turquoise Card.”...

Foreign nationals who want to work in Türkiye legally are required to obtain a “Work Permit” or “Work Permit Exemption Certificate”. If the foreign national will be working in Türkiye as independent he/she must obtain an “independent work permit”. If the person will work on his/her own behalf or will be a partner in a...

Foreign nationals who want to work in Türkiye are required to obtain a “Work Permit” or “Work Permit Exemption Certificate”. Work permits are issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, General Directorate of International Labor. If the foreign national will be working in Türkiye with an employment contract or a service contract, he/she...

Foreign nationals who want to work in Turkey must obtain a “Work Permit” or “Work Permit Exemption Certificate”. Work permits are issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, General Directorate of International Labor, and if the “contract period is less than one year” when first issued, they are issued for the duration of...

Foreign nationals who want to work in Türkiye legally must obtain either a “Work Permit” or “Work Permit Exemption Certificate”. Work permits in Türkiye are issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, General Directorate of International Labour, and, when first issued, if the “employment is period is less than one-year” the permit is...

Flexible working methods, especially on-call work and remote work, respond to the needs of modern business life. The Turkish Labour Code No. 4857 provides an important legal framework for the regulation of labor relations. In the Article 14 of the Act No. 4857, the regulations regarding on-call work and remote work as special types of...

One of the obligations of employers in terms of the Turkish Labour Code No. 4857 is to provide a document indicating the type of work the worker has done and the duration of the work in case of any worker leaving the job. This document is called a work document or work certificate. The Article...

If measures regarding occupational health and safety (OHS) are not taken sufficiently in workplaces, various administrative sanctions such as imposing administrative fines on employers may be applied. One of the sanctions determined by the Occupational Health and Safety Code No. 6331, which determines the basic rules regarding occupational health and safety in Turkey, is the...