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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...

In order to ensure occupational health and safety (OHS) in workplaces, it is necessary to first resort to collective protection measures and to eliminate the risk at its source. In cases where the risk is not completely eliminated at its source, the aim is to provide personal protective equipment to employees and to prevent or...

Work environments are full of various risks that have significant effects on the health of employees. It is both a legal obligation and an ethical obligation for employers to take the necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of their employees. In this context, health surveillance plays an important role in the workplace. This...

According to the Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Regime, the definition of risk assessment is stated in the “Regulation on Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment” as “studies required to determine existing or external hazards in the workplace, to analyze and grade the factors that cause these hazards to turn into risks and the risks...

Occupational health and safety is of vital importance for the protection of employees. Emergencies can occur as unexpected and potentially dangerous events in workplaces. Such situations require employers to effectively implement emergency evacuation plans. This article discusses the obligations of employers regarding the evacuation of employees in cases of serious, imminent and unavoidable danger in...

Occupational health and safety is gaining importance in order to prevent the dangers that employees are exposed to in their workplaces and to provide a safe working environment. In cases of serious and imminent danger, employees must have certain rights in order to act quickly and effectively. In this context, employers’ responsibilities are also quite...