According to the Identity Information Act No. 1774, business owners are obliged to notify their employees regarding their workplaces to the relevant public authorities. This obligation has been implemented in Turkey for quite a long time.
In this context, employers are obliged to report the identity information of temporary and permanent employees to the police headquarters to which they are affiliated, after having them approved by the headman of the neighborhood where the workplace is located, with the “Operator Identification Document” and “Employee Identification Document.”
Are all employers required to provide identification?
Responsible operators of all kinds of private or official accommodation, resting, care and treatment facilities, all workplaces with commercial and artistic purposes, and student dormitories, employees and shelters in these workplaces, authorized chiefs of public offices, permanent or temporary stays in residences, employees or those who change their residences are covered by the identification legislation.
Pursuant to the identification legislation, all kinds of businesses, merchant offices, quarries or construction sites, factories and workshops, workshops, warehouses, warehouses, warehouses, stores and shops, banks and bankers’ offices, loan and loan institutions, privileged and unprivileged joint-stock, cooperative, limited liability companies Private or public institutions, such as , limited liability companies and collective companies, whose subject of work is the trade of goods or money, are considered as workplaces with the aim of trade and art.
Administrative fines specified in the mentioned law are imposed by the local civilian authority, and penalties up to TRL 76 per employee are applied to those who do not report their identity by acting in violation of the Identity Reporting Act.
In sum, in accordance with the Identity Reporting Act and the relevant regulation, workplaces are required to notify the law enforcement officers of their identity within three days from the date of starting work, in paper or electronic form. The penalty for not making this notification is 76 Turkish Liras per employee. In accordance with the Misdemeanor Law, the statute of limitations for investigation is 3 years. It is necessary to not be subject to administrative fines, and to make a notification considering that these records are used by the Social Security Institution to combat unregistered employment, and it should be paid attention that the date of starting work in the notification form is in accordance with the workplace records.
