I finally finished my first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). I must admit it was one of the BEST classes I have ever taken. The name of the course was Crash Course on Creativity taught by Tina Seelig, Executive Director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program . This was a well-organized …

I urgently needed a few days off work, but I knew the Boss would not allow me to take a leave. I thought that maybe if I acted “CRAZY” then he would tell me to take a few days off. So, I hung upside down on the ceiling and made …

    Question: When I was 32 week pregnant, I got a medical permit that let me work until the labor. Due to a complication in the later weeks, I had an emergency ceasarian on the 36th week. I am wondering, since I have not used any of my maternity …

As a natural result of the global and mobile workforce, geographic borders are losing their importance. As an HR Professional or entrepreneur, we are required to know not only our local labor law but also regional and even international labor law in order to operate in different markets. In the …

Turkey’s youth unemployment stood at 20.7 percent in January according to official data. Despite a growing youth jobless rate in developed markets, Turkey has managed to minimize the increase in this area, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday. Releasing their report titled “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013” …

By Anthony Sattin The French designer has looked beyond the old town to open a hotel in one of the city’s liveliest streets. Most travellers to Istanbul stay in Sultanahmet, in the shadow of the Ayasofya and Topkapi palace, or down on the shore of the Bosphorus, but that is …

Based on clause 24 of labor law no. 4857, if the wage is not paid as indicated by the law and the employment contract, the employee can terminate the employment contract by just cause and be entitled to severance pay without the need to wait for the following 20 days. …

The private pension’s volume increased by 4.5 folders in two months. Turkey’s new private pension system, which assures a 25 percent state contribution, has led to a rise in the number of applications by 200,000 in the first two months of this year, from the same period a year earlier, …

I literarily have butterflies because I am going back to school. No, I am not enrolled in a graduate programme, no masters degree is on the horizon. I am going to pursue my interests and talents through a new way of learning. After researching about MOOCs for an article I …

    With the new legislation, workers can get their health reports from workplace physicians. However, if the company employs less than 50 workers, it is not required for the company to employ a workplace physician.