Some amendments were made in the Labor Law (Article 64) with the Law No. 7226 Amending Some Laws published in the Official Gazette 31080 (1st Repeat) dated 26.03.2020.

The statements before the update are as below:

Compensatory Work

ARTICLE 64 – In cases where time worked has been considerably lower than the normal working time or where operations are stopped entirely for reasons of suspending work due to force majeure or on the days before or after the national and public holidays or where the employee is granted time off upon his request, the employer may call upon compensatory work within two months in order to compensate for the time lost due to unworked periods. Such work shall not be considered overtime work or work at extra hours.

Compensatory work shall not exceed three hours daily, and must not exceed the maximum daily working time in any case.

Compensatory work shall not be carried out on holidays.

With the Law no:7226 Article 43, the below update was announced:

With the Communiqué Regarding Amendment of the General Communiqué on Recycling Contribution Share Declaration (No:1), which was published on the 05/02/2020 dated Official Gazette no: 31030, General Communiqué on Recycling Contribution Share Declaration published on 4/4/2019 dated Official Gazette no: 30375 have been regulated regarding the application initiated for the products other than plastic bags.

The General Communiqué on Recycling Contribution Share Declaration published on 4/4/2019 dated Official Gazette no: 30375 has been amended with the Communiqué Regarding Amendment of the General Communiqué on Recycling Contribution Share Declaration (No:3), which was published on the 22/03/2020 dated Official Gazette no: 31076. Accordingly, declaration and payment periods of Recycling Contribution Share have been revised.

With the latest update;

As you know, huge volume of activities have stopped in some sectors due to the coronavirus epidemic and employers have started to implement flexible work opportunities.

The employers can apply for short-employment allowance in case of these kind of situations.

Accordingly, the authorities have announced the below updates by adding a Temporary Article 23 to the Law No: 4447 for the purpose of enhancement on the requirements for short-employment allowance.

For the applications that would be applicable until 30 June 2020:

• Of those who have paid premium for the last 60 days and constantly worked before the commencement of short employment,
• those who have paid unemployment insurance premium for at least 450 days in the last three years).

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic spreading rapidly in our country, considering the requests submitted by Members of Profession and Employers, 23.03.2020 dated Tax Procedural Law circular numbered VUK – 126 / 2020 – 5 has been published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.

With the regulations of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, below decisions have been taken: