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The workplace declaration constitutes one of the mandatory notifications that must be fulfilled by the one who opens, takes over or inherits a business according to Turkish social insurance law. According to the Turkish social insurance law, workplace is legally defined as the place where the insured do their work together with tangible and intangible...

As it is known, the health care professional’s duty of care to the patient, their liability arising from malpractice and their reponsibility for compensating medical negligence and malpractice damages are very important and developed topics of law in the Western Democracies. The obligations of those who deal with the professions of medicine, which is a...

Work accident notification constitutes one of the obligations on the employers and enterprises which are oeprating in Turkey. It is obligatory to notify the accidents that the insured has suffered at the workplace, due to the work he/she is working at, or during the performance of other work given by the employer, or in other...

Work accident notification constitutes one of the obligations on the employers and enterprises which are oeprating in Turkey. It is obligatory to notify the accidents that the insured has suffered at the workplace, due to the work he/she is working at, or during the performance of other work given by the employer, or in other...

Work accident notification constitutes one of the obligations on the employers and enterprises which are oeprating in Turkey. It is obligatory to notify the accidents that the insured has suffered at the workplace, due to the work he/she is working at, or during the performance of other work given by the employer, or in other...

One of the social insurance benefits applied in Turkey is the “breastfeeding allowance”. Breastfeeding allowance is given to the insured woman if she gives birth or to the insured man if her uninsured wife gives birth. In addition, breastfeeding allowance is paid to the woman who is subject to a service contract or who receives...

Compliance with the legislation on personal data is one of the most important agendas of companies recently. This is so, as the Personal Data Protection Authority conducts intense inspections and imposes penalties. The Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698, which was published in 2016, imposes many obligations on companies in terms of protecting...

Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority, which is one of the top public authorities on financial auditing in Turkey, has started an important practice in terms of transparency of audit data nationwide. With the vision of creating a high quality and reliable financial reporting and independent audit environment in Turkey, the Public Oversight Authority...

The Workplace Vocational Training and Development Program (İŞMEP) is an incentive programme that is being established within the scope of the “Promoting Decent Work Opportunities for Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish citizens in Turkey”. This project is being financed by the Federal Republic of Germany through the KfW Development Bank and implemented by the...

The Turkish Court of Cassation has recently gave an important decision that closely concerns the employee-employer relations in Turkey. According to the mentioned decision, it is being accepted that the workers could show a wide variety of evidences before the court regarding the proof of his/her overtime hours. The ruling has also point out the...