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- LATEST AMENDMENTS ON PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEM / Private Pension System has been introduced by Law No. 6740 and entered into force as of 1st January 2017.
- ENTITLEMENT TO JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE EASED / One of the main eligibility condition for jobseeker’s allowance “the requirement of 120 premium paid days prior to unemployment” has been amended as “the requirement of being under employment contract within120 days prior to unemployment”.
- TAX EXEMPT DAILY ALLOWANCE 2019 / Daily Allowance is the money paid to employees in daily basis while they are working away from their workplace whether within the same country or abroad.
- 2019 FINES FOR ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGNERS IN TURKEY / International Workforce Law No. 6735, published in Official Gazette numbered 29800 dated 13 August 2016, has replaced the former Work Permit Law No 4817 and introduced many changes in regard to work permit regulations of foreigners as well as new amounts of administrative fines for illegal employment of foreigners and for failure to fulfill the obligation of notification.
- LABOR LAW ADMINISTRATIVE FINES FOR 2019 / Administrative fines to be applied according to Labor Law No. 4857 are increased 23.73% in 2018, according to revaluation rate determined for the new year.
- SSI ADMINISTRATIVE FINES FOR 2019 / Administrative fines to be applied by the Social Security Institution (SSI) have been increased in 2019 in parallel with the 26% minimum wage hike.
- 2019 WORK PERMIT FEES / As per the "Act of Fees General Communique (Serial No. 82)" issued in Official Gazette numbered 30642 (3rd repetitive), dated 31 December 2018, work permit fees to be implemented in 2019 are as follows:
- CHILD AND FAMILY ALLOWANCE EXEMPTION ANNOUNCED / Child and Family Allowance Exemptions to be applied between 01.01.2019 - 30.06.2019 are as follows:
- 2019 PAYROLL PARAMETERS / Payroll parameters to be implemented in the first half of 2019 are as follows.
- DISABILITY TAX ALLOWANCE 2019 / Disability tax allowance is intended to decrease the income tax amount of the disabled employees. The amounts are determined depending on degree of disability by government every year in accordance with Article 31 of Income Tax Law No. 193.
- REGIONAL INCENTIVE EXTENDED / The regional incentive, which has been applied since 2013 in order to eliminate the regional imbalance, is now extended until 31 December 2019.
- CAP OF SEVERANCE ANNOUNCED / Cap of severance pay ( the upper limit) has been announced as 6.017,60 TRY/Year for the first half of the year. This limit will be applied within the period between 1 January 2019 and 30 June 2019.
- INCOME TAX TARIFFS ANNOUNCED / In Turkey, income tax rates are applied progressively by taking into consideration the yearly cumulative income tax base. As a result, income tax rate may vary from month to month during the year.
- 2019 SSI PREMIUM BASE LIMITS / In Turkey, both employees and employers pay social security premiums as a percentage of the gross base salary plus some other benefits.
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