2020 Unemployment Benefits are recently announced in Turkey. Let’s try to answer the most frequently asked questions here in this article: How are the unemployment benefits determined? What criteria are taken into account? Who benefits from this allowance and how?
Read More »Gender Discrimination in Employment
Struggle for equality between women and men has a long history. Although social conditions of women are improved in the past decades, it seems that there is a long way to achieve a satisfactory state from the point of women, according to many international institutions including the United Nation and …
Read More »Result of an Employee’s Assault to other Employee
As per Law no. 4857, Article 25/1-d, the employee is entitled to terminate the employment contract with just cause (before its expiry or without having to comply with the prescribed notice period), if the employee assaults or threatens the employer, a member of his family or a fellow employe. However, …
Read More »2020 Payroll Parameters
Payroll parameters to be implemented in the first half of 2020 are as follows. Payroll parameters to be implemented in the first half of 2020 are as follows. 2020 PAYROLL PARAMETERS APPLICATION NAMES TRY Daily Minimum Gross Salary 98,10 Monthly Minimum Gross Salary 2.943,00 Monthly Net Minimum Wage – …
Read More »Last submission date of March 2018 declarations will be 24th April
As is known SSI e-declarations should be submitted to SSI until the end of 23rd of the following month. In case the last submission date coincides with weekends and public holidays the declaration can be submitted on the next working day. As April 23 is the National Sovereignty and Children’s …
Read More »Retrospective Benefiting from Incentives is Possible! Apply until 31st May 2018
Omniums bill (colloquially known bag law) No. 7103, issued in Official Gazette No. 30373, dated 27th March 2018, gives the opportunity to benefit from missed incentives retrospectively. In recent years Turkish government has launched many premium incentives and supports for encouraging businesses to create new employment. In the past many …
Read More »Can a Retired Employee Entitle Severance Pay?
Person working after retirement has the same rights regarding severance, notice pay and annual leave as the other employees have. A retired employee may work against wage under an employment contract by paying social security support contribution. In case such an employee’s employment contract terminated by employer without just cause, …
Read More »Severance Pay For Retired with 3600 Premium Days and 15 Years of Service
Employees who are first time insured before 9th October 1999 may choose retirement with 3600 premium paid days in 15 years insurance period and are entitled to severance pay. These employees have to present a document to the employer from the social security agency proving that they have worked for …
Read More »Can a Resigned Employee be Paid Severance?
Conditions for entitlement to severance pay are arranged in article 14 (still in effect) of Former Labor Law No. 1475; and resignation of an employee isn’t one of the reasons for entitlement. For detailed information please visit our website: http://turkishlaborlaw.com/faq/311-conditions-of-severance-pay-in-turkey In practice employers may choose to make payment (while there …
Read More »How to Calculate Overtime Work and Works at Extra Hours?
Overtime is the work which exceeds forty-five hours a week, and remunerated in hourly basis with higher rates. As per the Labor Law, No: 4587, Article 41, overtime work may be performed for purposes such as the country’s interest, the nature of the operation or the need to increase …
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