Law on Amending the Labor Act No. 6552 and Some Laws and Statutory Decrees and Restructuring Some Receivables, publicly known as “Bag Law”, is published and entered into force on September 11, 2014. Bag Law made important amendments in many fields from labor law and tax law to social security …
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Estimated reading time: 2 min. One of the problems encountered in working life is the great number of amendments made to Legal Legislation. Working life becomes quite complex and hard to follow due to issues such as the amendment of articles in the law with the regulation and rearranging of …
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OVERVIEW Employers have a number of obligations before and following delivery in case of pregnancy of their employees. In general, it is essential that pregnant employees are given leave for 8 weeks (56 days) both before and after delivery making 112 days in total. Since pregnant employees shall be paid …
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After new Labor Act no. 4857 came into force, all the articles of the former Labor Act no. 1475 were abolished. However, article 14 of Labor Act no. 1475, which regulates severance pay, is still valid. Although the creation of a severance pay fund is foreseen through a transitional article …
Read More »Shorter working time is defined as temporarily shortening of weekly working time in an establishment by the employer at least at the portion of 1/3 or at least four weeks or temporarily suspending work wholly or partially. Shorter working time shall not exceed in any case three months. In accordance …
Read More »Minimum wage and wage calculation parameters will change after the date of 01.07.2012. Parameter values indicated in the table will be valid between 01.07.2012-31.12.2012.
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Read More »The resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 28094 and dated 24.10.2011 regarding the redetermination of the duration mentioned under paragraph 1 of article 3 of Law No. 5683 on Stay of Foreigners in Turkey for Residence and Travelling Purposes is published in the Official Gazette. This application will be …
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Capital’s “The Most Popular Companies in Turkey” survey shows who are the winners this year in the competition to secure prestige. The main factors which bring prestige are service quality, customer satisfaction and reliability. The top five remained unchanged this year, but there was noticeable movement in the list as …
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Employment in Turkey is mainly governed by Turkish Labor Law and Trade Union Law. Under the new Turkish Labor Law, there are four different types of job contracts: a) Job contracts for “temporary” and “permanent” workb) Job contracts for a “definite period” or an “indefinite period”c) Job contracts for “part-time” …
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