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Gradually increasing unfortunate industrial accidents have made the safety of workplaces a current issue in the country, and important changes under way in the field of Occupational Health and Safety. The Draft on “Amending the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331”  had been submitted to Grand National Assembly of Turkey …

Turkey is taking steps to attract qualified foreign professionals and investors by a new draft providing easier work permit application and granting procedures. The Draft On The Employment of Foreigners regulating; the determination, application and following of relevant policies, the procedures and principles related to work permits and exemptions granted …

As per the Labor Law, No: 4587, Article 41, works which exceed forty-five hours a week are defined as overtime. Employer may request employees to work overtime, not exceeding 270 hours per year. Further, the employee’s consent shall be required for overtime work, in January each year. In Turkey one …

According to the announcement made by SSI Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Social Security Institution, dated 09/11/2014, insurance entrance and termination notifications in the format of written documents required by Law for the limited liability company partners, and acting (commandite) partners of commandite companies of which capital divided into shares, the associates …

C I R C U L A R2013/39    Procedures carried out according to the social security contracts/agreements that Turkey enters into shall hereafter be performed as follows: 1- Periods less than one year No monthly allowance will be granted in turkey for files with the following insured employment periods: …

Estimated reading time: 3 min. Communique on the procedures and principles on Restructuring Some Public Receivables under Law No. 6552, for which millions of taxpayers have been waiting, is published in the Official Gazette. Taxpayers who want to benefit from the restructuring should apply to the institution that they are …

Estimated reading time: 4 min. As is known Bag Law, in other words, the Law on Amending the Labor Act No. 6552 and Some Laws and Statutory Decrees and Restructuring Some Receivables dated September 10, 2014, was published in the Official Gazette no. 29116 (Repeated) dated September 11, 2014, and …

Law on Amending the Labor Act No. 6552 and Some Laws and Statutory Decrees and Restructuring Some Receivables, publicly known as “Bag Law”, is published and entered into force on September 11, 2014. Bag Law made important amendments in many fields from labor law and tax law to social security …

Estimated reading time: 2 min. One of the problems encountered in working life is the great number of amendments made to Legal Legislation. Working life becomes quite complex and hard to follow due to issues such as the amendment of articles in the law with the regulation and rearranging of …

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