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A compulsory public health insurance system called the General Healthcare Insurance has been implemented in Turkey nationwide. The General Healthcare Insurance refers to the compulsory insurance system that ensures that everyone can benefit from healthcare services free of charge (or with symbolic minimum contributions) throughout the country, and can enjoy healthcare services that are financed...

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...