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Can severance pay be paid in installments?

Can severance pay be paid in installments?

Resul Kurt This is a really sensitive issue. On one hand, there are employers imprisoned because they could not pay their checks and on the other, there are employees whose greatest subsistence assuranceis their labor. Generally, the severance pay should be paid on the day the employment contract is terminated. …

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Who Shall Benefit From Job Guarantee?

Who Shall Benefit From Job Guarantee?

İbrahim Işıklı Labor Law no 4857 article 18 states that “termination of contract of an employee engaged for an indefinite period, who is employed in an establishment with thirty or more employees and who meets a minimum seniority of six months, must depend on a valid reason for such termination …

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Al Gore’s Climate Movement is in Turkey by Ela Erozan Gursel

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Turkey is an unsaturated market for non-profit organizations and grassroots activities. Since much development is needed in fighting poverty, empowering women, and preserving the environment, the small number of non-profit organizations is increasing incrementally. One of the international movements on the rise in Turkey is former US Vice President Al …

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Employment package for 500.000 unemployed goes into effect

Employment package for 500.000 unemployed goes into effect

Government’s employment package to hire half a million of unemployed persons for public works like painting, whitewashing and cleaning roads went into effect in Giresun and Bitlis. The project that was developed in Faruk  Çelik was the Ministry of Labor to create employment opportunities for 500 thousand people is finally …

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Villa, Flat, Office or Hotel? by Ela Erozan Gursel

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One of the top locations for international real estate investments, Turkey is referred among global realtors as ‘the new Spain’.  Just like Spain used to be 5-10 years ago, Turkey offers value property prices with a variety of choices on the Mediterranean coast, rural Anatolia or business districts in the …

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