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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 …

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 …

Wages of employees in the workplaces employing 5 or more personnel must be paid through banks as of 1st June 2016. Turkish Labor Law No. 4857, Article 32 defines the “Wage” in general terms,as the amount of money to be paid in cash by an employer or by a third …

Employers may apply to hire temporary employees by applying to private employment agencies that are authorized to establish temporary employment relationship by Turkish Employment Organization. In many circumstances such as employees’ maternity leave, military service, annual leave, imprisonment, or for many reasons related to the workplace such as unexpected workload …

The concept of telecommuting (remote work) entered into Turkey’s labor market by the amendments made in the Labor Law. Telecommuting is the work performed in an environment other than the employer workplace. In general this type of work may be performed home based or from any other place through telecommunication, and …

Foreigners who have the status of “Refugee” or “Subsidiary Protection” will be allowed to work without a work permit, however the “Applicants of International Protection” and “Conditional Refugees will still be under the obligation of obtaining a work permit to work independently or be employed. “THE REGULATION ON WORKING PROCEDURES OF …

We informed you in our article, dated 11 April 2016 that a Draft Law is about to introduce a new kind of incentive for employers in order to encourage the employment of needy people. You can reach our article at the link below; http://datassist.com/blog/115-new-incentive-for-hiring-needy-person-in-turkey The Bag Law No. 6704 (Article …

Government is planning to change the status of voluntary private pension system into an auto-participation scheme in order to increase the domestic savings of the country. The newly-hired persons and the employees who changed their jobs will be automatically participated in the private pension scheme and they have to stay …

Annual leave periods will be divided as much as possible, (instead of three), on condition that  one the segments cannot be less than ten days, according to a new arrangement which is expected to be in force soon. As a rule, annual leave cannot be divided by employer and it …

In recent decade Turkey has introduced many supportive arrangements to create employment through incentives. One of them is five point social security premium discount in general (Law No. 5763), and the additional six point social security premium support for employers who employ at least ten employees (Law No. 6486, dated …