“Supporting Registered Employment of Women through Home-Based Child Care Project” is co-financed by Turkish Republic and European Union in order to ensure working mothers continue their employment after having child.

It is only weeks to end of the year, and naturally the next year’s annual budget is on the agenda of all companies. Of course the budgets comprised of many cost/ income elements, no doubt it is very important to make correct predictions on employment costs for getting close to …

Turkey’s minimum wage is of particular concern to about 5 millions employees in the country, and will be announced in the forthcoming days. Almost all of the payroll parameters are derived from minimum wage which is determined by “Minimum Wage Fixing Board” (Labor Law 4857, article 39) every two years. …

One of the most frequently asked question is related to notice of termination and payment, and severance pay of employees working under fixed-term employment contract. In the following paragraphs, we will try to clear this subject by taking the provisions of Turkish Labor Law 4857 as a base.

As is known, Law No. 6663, which has been entered in force as of 10 February 2016, has introduced new choices for working women and adoptive parents, such as working half-time up to a certain periods and work part-time until the child begins to school, after the expire of statutory …

One of the ways of entering into Turkey markets for foreign-based commercial enterprises is setting up liaison offices, which are specified in Foreign Direct Investment Law No. 4857, and in the framework of procedures and principles stated in “Application Regulation”. A liaison office (also called representative office), can be defined …

Currently daily cap of earning subject to premium are calculated as 6,5 times of daily minimum wage. This is the maximum limit that premium deductions can be made from, and it is 356,85 TRY (monthly 10.705,50 TRY) for 2016. Now with the new government proposal, it is strongly expected that …

  Work permit can be granted to certain categories of persons who have some status and/or qualifications determined by Ministry of Labor and Social Security. However, there is not such a type of work permit called “exceptional,” and it should not be taken as an exemption from work permit requirements. …

  It is a frequently asked question whether the “Minimum Living Allowance (MLA/AGİ) applies to foreigners working against wage in Turkish companies”. The answer is yes. According to Income Tax Law No. 193, minimum living allowance is applied on the taxation of wages with the “actual method of taxation.” If …

Government bill of law, intended to prevent any decrease in 2016 net minimum wage due to shift in the taxable income brackets, has been accepted in Parliament’s Planning and Budget Commission and expected to be in force soon. As it is known, Turkey’s net minimum wage is determined as 1.300,99 …