The long standing “Law on The Work Permit for Foreigners No. 4817,” which has been in effect since 2003 will be abrogated and subsided by “LAW ON INTERNATIONAL WORKFORCE” that is submitted to the Parliament’s related commission and expected to pass into law soon. Turkey aims to attract qualified …

In many occasion it depends on whether you are employed in public or private sectors. In this year’s Ramadan Feast, public employees will have 5 days holiday uninterruptedly between 4th and 8th July, and many of the public institutions and agencies including SSI departments and tax offices will be closed …

Part-time workers cannot be treated discriminatingly concerning their annual leave. In short, how many days a part time employee works in a week don’t matters, he can use his annual leave as if he worked in all days of the week. Annual leave entitlement of employees working under a part-time …

Healthy labor relations in business word depend on the behavior of both the employer and employees. Duties, responsibilities and liabilities of the parties are laid down in many laws and regulation to ensure the labor peace. In today’s article we want to touch employer’s responsibilities and obligations in which specified …

Severance payment will be made through a Fund that will be established for each individual employee, and all employees who even left the work by their own wish (resignation) or are dismissed for just cause, and whatever their length of service, will be able to receive their severance pay from …

We have, as we do every year, already refreshed our readers’ and customers’ knowledge on the “annual leave” which becomes the most important issue in labor relations during the holiday season of summer.  Our write-offs and marketing bulletins contains the general information on annual leave can be reached from the …

Ramadan; the month of fasting, starts on 6th of June this year and continues until 5th of July. Turkish Labor Law 4857 has no special arrangements or provisions for Ramadan and as per the Turkish Constitution and Article 5 of Labor Law there can be no discrimination amongst people or …

It is about time for the employees start taking their vacations as the traditional holiday season summer is approaching, and HR departments are getting busy scheduling the annual leave of personnel without obstructing the continuity of business and productionthroughout the leave season. So it is time to refresh our/your knowledge …

period. How to Pay the Remuneration for Annual Leave? Employee’s wage, pertaining to the period of annual leave, should be paid in advance or by raising an advance payment prior to commencement of the leave. The annual leave remuneration of employees who are not paid daily, monthly or weekly but …

An employee can be fired for using corporate e-mail for personal purposes at work. Corporate (or work) e-mail is an e-mail address owned by the company and assigned to you for professional activities. In case of using this address for the personal correspondencewithin working hours, employer may terminate the labor …