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As per the Circular 22nd October 2015 issued by Personnel and Principles General Directorate of Prime Ministry, public employees in state institutions and organizations will be deemed on administrative leave on Friday 30th October 2015 which is subsequent to Republic Day. Consequently, public employees will have 4,5 days holiday uninterruptedly …

One of the common issues on the area of labor life is the accounting treatment of benefits in kind and other allowances that should be treated differently from the wages. Benefits in kind can simply be defined as payments in kind and subsidization by employer provided for employees’ personal or …

Due to general elections on November 1, Daylight Saving Time (DST, also called summer time) is extended until Sunday, November 8, by a Council Of Ministers Decision. The situation can also be interpreted as two weeks delay on the ending of DST for 2015. In normal conditions Turkey is synchronized …

Although it is not an obligation in Turkey’s labor legislation most of the employer prefer to provide meal for the employees in various ways. Meal benefit is arranged in employment contracts and collective agreements. This benefit may be provided by;giving meals in the premises,paying in cash directly to employees,giving meal …

It is indisputably accepted by the authorities that breast milk provides the ideal nutrition and is essential for the babies until they reach at least one year of age. Governments and law-makers all over the world introduced some legal provisions to meet that requirement and to ensure the healthiness and …

Although breastfeeding break is one of the labor right provided to female employees, it should never be forgotten that direct aim of this break is to provide the babies with their most precious and natural nutrition daily in appropriate periods up to a certain age. Therefore the subject here is …

Nursing allowance (colloquially known as “milk money”) is a lump-sum payment made to nursing mother or to uninsured breastfeeding spouse of a male insurance holder to help them to feed their infants. Allowance, arranged in Article 16 of Social Insurance and Universal Health insurance Law No. 5510, shall be paid …

In Turkey legislation there are number of conditions for entitling to severance pay, and one of them is marriage for female employees, who have the right to terminate the employment contract due to marriage and request severance payment. Although Labor Law No.1475 has been abolished and replaced by Labor Law …

Providing employees with gold as a social aid is a controversial issue in practice as regard to accounting treatment of it (i.e. tax and social security liability).   Many companies treat it as a cost item and directly record into expenses. In fact the gold aid should be treated as …

As a rule foreign nationals have the same right to establish companies as accorded to Turkish citizens.Pursuant to Article 3 of the Law on Direct Foreign Investments, foreign investors are free to make foreign direct investments in Turkey, and shall be subject to equal treatment with domestic investors. However foreign …