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Penal provisions as regard to foreigners working without a work permit and their employers are regulated in Article 21 of Law on the Work Permit for Foreigners N. 4817, and amount of the fines rearranged for the year 2016 are as follows;
| For employer or employer representative who employee foreigners without a work permit for each foreigner; | 8.848 TL |
| For foreigners who work dependently without a work permit; | 881TL |
| For the foreigners who work independently without a work permit; | 3.536 TL |
| For independently working foreigners and their employers, who do not fulfill their obligation of notification according to article 18 in due course of time, for each foreigner; (Detailed below) | 440 TL |
– In case of repetition, administrative fines will be doubled.
– Employer or employer representative is obliged to bear the costs of accommodation charge, expenses for return to their country and health expenses when necessary, related to foreigners who have no work permit, and their spouse and children if any.
– Workplaces of foreigners who work independently without a work permit will be closed down.
ADMINISTRATIVE FINES TO BE APPLIED BY THE INSTITUTION
It should be bear in mind that the foreigners who are employed without a work permit, naturally would not be insured and not notified to SSI. In case of employing uninsured employees, SSI administrative monetary fine amounting up to many times of monthly gross minimum wage (number of months personnel employed uninsured x 2 x 1.647,00 TL) willbe applicable to employers. Also not notifying a new starter with an employment statement to the SSI is a noncompliance that may be fined up to 5 times of monthly gross minimum wage.
