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Should overtime pay be taken into account for severance pay?

In case of termination of work where severance pay is necessary, the employee should receive 30 day worth of pay for every year completed. For severance pay, all side benefits such as food, transportation should be included besides the salary. Overtime pay should not be included in the severance pay …

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What’s Your Company’s HR Temperature?

What's Your Company's HR Temperature?

by Sharlyn Lauby on February 16, 2012 Plan more parties. That’s what the company said when I asked them the biggest challenge facing human resources. Years ago, I was interviewing for a director-level position. During the conversation, I asked what the biggest challenge was facing the company’s HR department.  Everyone …

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Turkey’s official jobless rate dips to 9.1 percent

Turkey's official jobless rate dips to 9.1 percent

ISLAMABAD – Agence France-Presse This file photo shows a group of people inside a vocational training school in the eastern province of Gaziantep.Turkey’s unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in the three months to November, from 11.2 percent in the same period in 2010, official data showed on Monday. The number …

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Surviving and thriving in the Turkish work culture (3)

Surviving and thriving in the Turkish work culture (3)

CHARLOTTE MCPHERSONc.mcpherson@todayszaman.com Surviving and thriving in the Turkish work culture (3) In the previous two articles we have been exploring the challenges expats face when living in a different culture and having to speak another language. I imagine if I were to ask Today’s Zaman readers which one they’d prefer …

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Foreigners leave Turkey amid new residence law

Foreigners leave Turkey amid new residence law

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily NewsA high number of Armenian and Georgian people working in Turkey are leaving the country in the wake of a recent law implementation that complicates working permits for foreign people. While workers complain of extreme financial difficulties, Labor Ministry announces that there will be exceptions for …

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