February is the busiest month for the payroll and personnel who are responsible for computing the missed days. The only month of the year, short of 30 days, February is a challenge for both employer and employees, who are unsure on how to report the missing days.

Increasing employment is a must to prevent the shrinkage in the economy. There are various government incentives that aim to support an increase in employment. These incentives can be regional or seasonal. Regional incentives vary based on the commercial needs of that particular province.

The sudden depreciation of the Turkish lira in the summer of 2018 forced the Turkish government to take certain measures. Restricting payment of  salaries in foreign currency was one of the measures to reverse the situation.

ADMINISTRATIVE FINES 2019 2020 To the employer or employer representative who employs a foreigner without a work permit  (for each foreigner) 8.821,00 ₺ 10.812,00 ₺ To the foreigner working without a work permit under an employer 3.527,00 ₺ 4.322,00 ₺ To the foreigner working independently without a work permit 7.057,00 …

Health services stand out as an important cost item in many parts of the world. If you’re insured in Turkey, how can you benefit from health services abroad? Is it necessary to be an insured worker who is on duty? Can the insured, who is abroad for educational or touristic …

As the rapid globalization has removed borders between countries, when it comes to working and living in foreign countries. We quite often see young people from different parts of the world going abroad to get a better education, to learn a language, and to have internship experience in a different …

  2020 WORK PERMIT FEES Foreigners need to have a valid work permit in order to work in Turkey. Based on the Law on Fees, fees for corresponding work permits are as follows:    Work Permit Type 2019 in TL 2020 in TL Temporary work permit fee (up to 1 …

2020 Unemployment Benefits are recently announced in Turkey. Let’s try to answer the most frequently asked questions here in this article: How are the unemployment benefits determined? What criteria are taken into account? Who benefits from this allowance and how?

The Minimum Wage Commission has announced the gross minimum wage for 2020 as 2.943 TL, with an increase of 15.03%. The net minimum wage will be 2.324,70 TL, together with the AGI (MLA – Minimum Living Allowance) for single employees or employees with working spouses. You can find the 2020 “calculation of minimum …

SGK base (also called as Earnings Subject to Premium) is the amount SGK and unemployment premium rates are applied. An employee may receive different type of payments along with his/her basic salary, such as allowances, bonuses and other fringe benefits. All these payments constitute the employee’s total earnings. EARNINGS SUBJECT …