Business in Turkey

In the unionized workplaces the daily amount of earnings subject to premium that will be taken as a base in the minimum wage support is increased from 110,00 TRY to 164,70 TRY. “A Unionized workplace” is the workplace in which collective agreement provisions are applied. As is known, employers are …

Arguments over severance payment system have a long background in Turkey; and it still constitutes the most controversial issue between labor and employer representatives. Starting from 1975 a severance payment fund, intended to reconstruct the still prevailing system, occupied the agenda during the last 42 years. When the Labor Law …

As a general rule, foreigners are obliged to get a work permit to work dependently or independently in Turkey. However, some occupations and professions are prohibited to foreigners, and can only be performed by Turkish citizens. This ban is arranged in the special laws of the related professions. According to …

Unpaid leaves are not clearly defined and arranged in Turkish legislation. An employee may sometimes be in need of taking a day or two off for various and quite understandable reasons, such as sickness of family members, and for other innumerable cases require employee to attend outside of workplace within …

Datassist, Turkey’s leading payroll company introduces “Turkey Fact Sheet, A Guideline for Foreign Employers” prepared to provide “must to know facts” about labor law and legislation as well as basics of payroll. As a foreign employee or an executive doing business in Turkey, it goes without saying that you have …

If you are a private sector employee the answer is unfortunately NO! However, by mutual consent between employer and employee, taking time off from work without pay for various excuses, especially for sick children, is always possible in practice. Another way to attend or take the child for medical examination, …

A divorced spouse who is paying alimony will benefit from the Minimum Living Allowance for children, regardless of whether the alimony receiving spouse is working or not. In general, MLA is applied only to one of the spouses for children, however in case of divorcement, and paying or receiving alimony …

Workplaces, depending on their number of personnel, may be under the obligation of providing lactation rooms and child-care units. Turkish Labor Law and various regulations contain many provisions concerning working women and mothers. You will find the detailed information in the links at the end of the article; our today’s …

When the wage of employees is not paid in time for whatever reason by the employer, the conflict is usually settled by the courts. In this article we will take the subject as a case study, but first let’s have a look at the provisions of the related legislation. What …

Employee who terminated the employment contract for reason of being obliged to excessive over-time work (exceeding 270 hours a year) will be entitled to severance pay, according to Supreme Court ruling. As a result of this, employee who is forced to work over 270 hours a year, and/or against his …