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Employers can give workers additional monetary benefits besides the actual wage. These benefits can be payments such as sales premiums, bonuses paid to motivate the employee, as well as side benefits that cover the food and travel expenses during the employment. How will the travel expenses, which have been legally …

In recent days,  the Additional Employment Incentive brought by Law No. 6111 is on the radar of many employers and employer representatives. The employment incentive requires a deep understanding of legislation and follows laborious calculation processes and conditions to benefit. While a few changes have been made in the recent …

While discussing which exit codes are valid for the ban of work termination, the matter was clarified by İŞKUR’s internal communication. The ban of work termination, valid for 17 April until 17 July,  was introduced with the provisional article 10 added to the Labor Law No. 4857. The exit codes …

What happens if the short term work allowance is overpaid? It is expected to have audits on short term work allowance payments in the near future. During these audits, if overpayments are found, there will be further reviews on the source of the mistakes. If it is the employer who …

During the Covid-19 epidemic, some workplaces carrying essential services have remained open and this has posed the risk of spreading the virus among the workers. Employers have had to ensure business continuity while preventing spread of the virus and keeping everyone safe. Because people infected with Covid-19 don’t show symptoms …

The Personal Data Protection Act, aka KVKK in Turkey, was approved in 2016 and in the few years to follow, personal data processes were to be implemented based on this new legislation. Initially the end of this transition period was supposed to be over by November 2019, later postponed to …

Most employers impacted by the virus applied to ISKUR for short-term work allowance in March and have continued short-term work in April and May. Within the applications of short-term work, there are certain questions that need clarifications: Are all the workers work hours reduced within the scope of the short …

Based on law no. 4857 of Turkish Labor Law that regulates work life, workers are granted one rest day for a period of 7 days. The employer is required to pay one rest day for their workers who worked for the week. How does this work when the workplace is …

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 …