EVALUATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW CODE OF OBLIGATIONS ON EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT IN TURKEY Code of Obligations No. 6098 is in a relationship with labour contracts. On the one hand, it sets out the basic principles regarding employment contract in Turkey, and on the other hand, it determines the working conditions of workers who…
Article 2 of the Turkish labour Law No. 5604 on the Establishment of Financial Holiday in Turkey stipulates that certain employer obligations within the scope of labour law may not be fulfilled during the fiscal holiday, but may be fulfilled after the fiscal holiday, and that the relevant principles will be regulated by the Ministry…
Establishing a workplace health and safety unit in Turkey According to Law No. 6331, a workplace in Turkey health and safety unit must be established in workplaces of a certain scale. This issue will be examined in detail in Chapter Five, Protection of the Material and Moral Assets of the Worker I. Protection of the…
The employer’s obligations to open a breastfeeding room in Turkey or a childcare dormitory are determined by the Regulation on the Conditions of Employment of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women, Breastfeeding Rooms and Childcare Dormitories, which was enacted based on Article 30/a of the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 and entered into force after…
Article 22 of the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 in Turkey stipulates that employers who meet certain conditions must establish an occupational health and safety committee, and Article 30 stipulates that a regulation shall be issued regarding the working principles of this committee. The aforementioned regulation was published in the Official Gazette dated…
Evaluation Board in Turkey According to Article 8 of the Regulation on the distribution of the money collected from the percentages to the workers, it is foreseen that an evaluation board shall be established in the workplaces where wages are paid in this way. According to the article, there is no criterion for the number…
In general terms, the provisions in Articles 2, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 21, 27, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 57, 59, 62, 112, 113 and 115 of the Labour Law contain provisions related to wage security or wage protection in Turkey, either in whole or in part. 1.…
Wages in General and in Practice in Turkey a. In General Article 32 of the Labour Law defines wages in Turkey in general terms as the amount provided to a person by the employer or third parties in return for a job and paid in money. According to the same article, the wage must be…
The issues related to short-time working in Turkey are regulated within the framework of the additional Article 2 of the Unemployment Insurance Law No. 4447 and the provisions of the “Regulation on Short-Time Working and Short-Time Working Allowance in Turkey” issued in accordance with this article and published in the Official Gazette dated 30.04.2011 and…
The most general regulation in Turkey on the subject is the regulation under the title of “Working in case of pregnancy and milk leave” in Article 74 of the Labour Law No. 4857. Additionally, based on Article 30/a of the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331, the “Regulation on the Conditions of Employment of…