Turkish Labor Law
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Labor Law no 4857 specifies regular working period as 45 hours weekly. Working period may be divided by the working days of the week in different forms. The employment shall be considered as part-time where the regular weekly working period of the employee has been fixed considerably shorter in relation to a comparable employee working full-time. For the employment to be considered part-time, weekly working period shall be maximum 2/3 (30 hours) of normal working time.
An employee working 30 hours or less shall be considered as a part-time employee. A part-time employee must be subjected to same treatment as full-time employee. Part-time employment does not abrogate the employee’s legal rights and the obligations ensuing from his employment contract. Insurance notifications of part-time employees are based on premium per day calculated in accordance with total working hours. In this calculation, every 7.5 hours of work is deemed
