As most employers applied for short term work allowance for the first time, payroll departments have been busy figuring out how to payroll short-term work allowance for workers on different employment contracts. There is still lack of clarity on how to payroll short term work for part-time workers. In this …

Yes, foreign workers in Turkey can benefit from unpaid leave allowance. What is the Scope of the Unpaid Leave Allowance? In order to tackle the economic impacts of Covid-19 pandemic, private companies operating in Turkey are banned from laying off their employees for the next 3 months. Employers will not …

SSI introduced a new regulation for foreign workers’ missing day notifications which will now include these new codes. Arrangements have been made in cases where the insured needs to be notified in more than one document and law type (5746 R&D incentives, insured underground and above ground, insured under actual …

One of the most affected groups during the epidemic is wage workers. On one hand, workplaces halted their functions, on the other hand, no one knows when the market will return to normal. It is only natural that workers fear being laid off. Although the ban on employer termination by …

The coronavirus outbreak has impacted many aspects of business and social life. The Law No. 7244 annexed Provisional Article 10 to the Labor Law No. 4857 and banned the termination of employment during the epidemic. The prohibition of termination was introduced to restrict the employer’s layoffs. In order to support …

During the 3-month period where workers will be entitled to short-term work allowance, there are quite a few public holidays including 23 April, 1 May, 19 May and Ramadan Holiday… How do we record payroll for employees who are on short term work allowance on these days? How should the …

Based on the law no 7244 introduced to combat Covid-19’s impacts on the labor, there have been a lot changes to the business life in Turkey. One of these changes is the employer’s control over assigning unpaid leave on its workers. There is a new code to define the missing …

Within the scope of combating the negative effects of the Covid-19 outbreak on business life, new measures have been enacted into law in Turkey. The Law on the Amendment of the Law on the Reduction of the Effects of the New Coronary Infection (Covid-19) on Economic and Social Life ”, …

Many of the companies that apply for short term work, who are unable to come to work or who have workers in quarantine, will have a half wage for the first time this month. How to payroll this half wage? How will the premium day be determined? Will the week …

Short term work allowance is one of the most important issues on the labor law agenda in Turkey as the pandemic intensifies. Short-term work allowance has been in the Turkish Labor Law for a long time but the need for application has arisen recently. The next question is: how will …