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Turkish government, has taken some steps to prevent unemployment by providing SSI premium and tax support for the private sector employers in 2017. We will try to briefly explain these arrangements in three questions; also detailed information can be found in the links provided at the end of every article. …

Number of working days within a month is considered 30, regardless of the actual number of days the month includes. In other words workdays of January (31 days), February (28 or 29 days) or March (30 days) is the same.   Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law Number 5510, Article …

The retirement age depends on the date of entrance into SSI (Social Security Institution) in Turkey. There are several eras determined by the issuance of consecutive legislation that made the age of eligibility very complex; also alternative eligibility conditions exist within these eras. ENTRANCE BETWEEN 9TH SEPTEMBER 1999 – 30TH …

Some of the foreign professionals and personnel, such as professionals of healthcare and educational services, engineers and architects, R&D and free trade zone personnel are subject to special arrangements as regard to obtaining work permit in Turkey.

Omnibus Bill No.6770 issued in Official Journal on 27 Jan 2017 has introduced many changes involving minimum wage support, postponements of SSI premium payments, occupational health and safety, restructuring of public receivables, credit amnesty and so on.

  Who are in the scope of Press Labor Law? Persons employed in periodical newspapers and magazines, news and photograph agencies, news departments of radio and television companies, under following titles are considered as press members and subject to Press Labor Law (Law on Sector Regulations between Press Employees and …

You may pay half wage for every new graduate employee through a year, in case the proposed incentive is carried into effect in the forthcoming days. In search of a solution for the growing unemployment rate amongst the young population, especially amongst the university graduates, Turkey has taken some steps …

Employer may request employees to work overtime not exceeding 270 hours per year provided that daily total working hours not exceeding 11 hours; however, employee’s consent is required for overtime work and works at extra hours.

Administrative fines to be applied by the Social Security Institution are increased in 2017 in parallel to minimum wage hike. Amounts of the fines for the violations specified article 102 of Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510 are as follows.

In case of bad weather and under some other circumstances that made working impossible, employer has the right to ask its employers to make up unworked hours at a later date. Also, the days unworked before and after holidays –especially the half-days before the Turkish religious holidays- may be considered …