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Administrative fines to be applied according to Labor Law No. 4857 are increased 14,57% in 2018 according to revaluation rate determined for the new year. Amounts of the fines for the violations specified article 98 to 107 are as follows.

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 as regard to work permit regulations of foreigners as well as new amounts of administrative fines for illegal employment of foreigners and …

Administrative fines to be applied by the Social Security Institution are increased in 2018 in parallel to minimum wage hike. Amounts of the fines for the violations specified article 102 of Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510 are as follows.

SSI premium support for private sector establishments, who employ trained candidates of training-on-the job programs carried out by Turkish Employment Organization (İŞKUR), has been extended to the end of 2018. Pursuant to said incentives the employer contribution share of some personnel’s social security premiums will be paid from the Unemployment …

Monthly wage of Interns who are in the scope of compulsory Internship is increased from 381,23 TRY to 435,27 TRY. As we informed you before, the Government support provided from Unemployment Fund for the employers of interns will continue during 2017-2018 school year. (Cabinet Decree 2017/10834, issued in Official Journal …

  General Directorate of International Workforce announced that work permit fees of Syrian Nationals under Temporary Protection are reduced to 200,00 TRY.   As per Turkish Act on Fees No. 492, temporary work permit (up to one year) fee is 537,50 TRY. However, this amount is decreased to 200,00 TRY …

In the New Year, notified occupational codes must reflect the truth; otherwise employers will be liable to an administrative fine.  Article 98/A of Income Tax Law No. 193 stipulated that, deducted taxes with tax bases, employees’ SSI premiums and total earnings, name of occupations and occupational codes as well as …

  We would like to remind you that the workplaces employing 10 (Inc.) to 50 (Exc) personnel will start to enter into contracts with pension companies and offer pension plans to the employees as of 1st January 2018..  As is known, Private Pension System, which is complementary to the mandatory state social security …

An amount of fine can be applied on employee’s wage for the reasons determined by the collective agreements or the employment contracts.  These fines are result of disciplinary punishments imposed by workplace’s disciplinary board, and cannot be more than two days’ wage in a month. Fines are arranged in article …

SSI premiums belong to November 2017 will be paid on 26th of December 2017, instead of end of the month. As a rule, monthly employee and employer social security contributions are notified online by the 23rd of the following month, and premiums are paid at the end of the following …