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An amount of fine can be applied on employee’s wage for the reasons determined by the collective agreements or the employment contracts.  These fines are result of disciplinary punishments imposed by workplace’s disciplinary board, and cannot be more than two days’ wage in a month. Fines are arranged in article …

SSI premiums belong to November 2017 will be paid on 26th of December 2017, instead of end of the month. As a rule, monthly employee and employer social security contributions are notified online by the 23rd of the following month, and premiums are paid at the end of the following …

Application of Withholding Tax and Monthly Premium Service Document is postponed to 1 July 2018. We have informed you that “starting from January 2018 withholding tax returns and SSI e-declarations will be combined in a single form under the name of ‘Withholding Tax and Monthly Premium Service Document;’ and SSI …

In the Communique, dated 3rd November 2017, SSI has announced that working days notification of employees who are subject to “actual service term increment” shall be limited to 26 days in a month. As per Law No. 5510, Article 40, in order to evaluate the work under actual service term …

2017 net minimum wage will not be affected from the shift on taxable income brackets and will not get lower than 1.404,06 TRY between September and December. As is known, Turkey’s net minimum wage is determined as 1.404,06 TRY (minimum living allowance included) throughout 2017. In the application of income …

Conveyer belts will be standardized and establishing rescue station will be compulsory in underground mining workplaces, according to amendment on the related Regulation.   “Regulation on Occupational Health and Safety in Mining Establishments” intended to determine the minimum health and safety requirements for mining works in order to protect the workers’ …

Regulation on Processing and Ensuring the Privacy of Personal Data Relating to Health (Official Journal 29863, dated 26 October 2016) has been amended by a new regulation that has been issued in Official Journal 30250, dated 24 November.2017.  As is known provisions of “Law on The Protection of Personal Data, …

Professionals of the following occupational groups, depending upon their period of stay in Turkey, are not subject to a work permit. Foreigners arriving for the purpose of assembly, maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment and providing training on use of them , without exceeding three months Foreigners arriving for …

Every country has its own legislation as regard to international workforce; however provisions of social security agreements are applied instead of domestic legislation. POSTING/SECONDMENT/FOREIGNERS ASSIGNED TO TURKEY In general; without prejudice to provisions of international social security agreements, employees who are temporarily assigned to Turkey by and on behalf of …

WORK PERMIT APPLICATION ABROAD If you are a foreigner applying for work visa from abroad the steps and necessary documents are as follows. •             Before the consulate visit fill in the “Visa Application form” in web-site (www.konsolosluk.gov.tr) When you go to relevant consulate of Turkey to apply for work visa, take …