The cabinet decree regarding declaration of state of emergency for ninety days has been approved by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and it is in effect as of 21 July 2016, 01.00 hour. The state of emergency gives the government enhanced powers for at least three months, and financial, …
Read More »Withholding Tax Return And SSI Declaration Will Be Combined
Income tax of employees withheld from their earnings by employer and the SSI premium contributions will be combined in a single form and submitted online to tax offices. In current practice, withholding tax returns and SSI E-declarations are declared online in two separate forms to the tax offices and SSI …
Read More »New Law For Employement Of Foreigners In Turkey – Part Two
The Law on The Work Permit for Foreigners No. 4817, which has been in effect since 2003 will be abrogated and subsided by “LAW ON INTERNATIONAL WORKFORCE” in the oncoming weeks. We have already discussed some main points of the amendments in the Part Two of our article issued in …
Read More »New Law For Employement Of Foreigners In Turkey – Part One
The long standing “Law on The Work Permit for Foreigners No. 4817,” which has been in effect since 2003 will be abrogated and subsided by “LAW ON INTERNATIONAL WORKFORCE” that is submitted to the Parliament’s related commission and expected to pass into law soon. Turkey aims to attract qualified …
Read More »How Many Leave Days In The Feast Of Ramadan
In many occasion it depends on whether you are employed in public or private sectors. In this year’s Ramadan Feast, public employees will have 5 days holiday uninterruptedly between 4th and 8th July, and many of the public institutions and agencies including SSI departments and tax offices will be closed …
Read More »How to Calculate the Annual Leave Periods Of Part-Time Workers
Part-time workers cannot be treated discriminatingly concerning their annual leave. In short, how many days a part time employee works in a week don’t matters, he can use his annual leave as if he worked in all days of the week. Annual leave entitlement of employees working under a part-time …
Read More »Responsibilities Of Employer
Healthy labor relations in business word depend on the behavior of both the employer and employees. Duties, responsibilities and liabilities of the parties are laid down in many laws and regulation to ensure the labor peace. In today’s article we want to touch employer’s responsibilities and obligations in which specified …
Read More »Turkey Severance Pay System Takes Shape
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 …
Read More »Annual Leave From the Point Of Employer
We have, as we do every year, already refreshed our readers’ and customers’ knowledge on the “annual leave” which becomes the most important issue in labor relations during the holiday season of summer. Our write-offs and marketing bulletins contains the general information on annual leave can be reached from the …
Read More »Annual Leave Scheduling And Periods In Turkey
It is about time for the employees start taking their vacations as the traditional holiday season summer is approaching, and HR departments are getting busy scheduling the annual leave of personnel without obstructing the continuity of business and productionthroughout the leave season. So it is time to refresh our/your knowledge …
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