The Regulation on Terms and Procedures for the enrolment to the individual pension savings insurance of the employees into a pension plan through their employers was published in the Official Gazette issued on 02 January 2017 under no 29936.

This Regulation intendeds to determine workplaces and employees to be admitted on the pension plan under the policy whereby employees are to be automatically admitted to a pension plan through their employers as well as to set the rate of employee contribution share to be deducted from the wages of the employees and to lay down such terms and procedures to enforce the Regulation.

a. Minimum wage

The decision of the Minimum Wage Determination Commission related to the minimum wage amount applicable in 2017 has been published in the Official Gazette dated 30 December 2016 and numbered 29934.

Income Tax Exempted Food Allowance

Meal allowance tax exemption amount that is applied as of 1^st January 2017 was announced in 296 serial numbered Income Tax General Communique on 27.12.2016 with Official Gazette. According to this announcement, meal allowance, which is provided by the employer outside of the workplace and workplace outbuildings as defined in the Income Tax Law's 23^rd Articles, exemption amount is defined as 14.00 TL for 2017.

Ministry of Customs and Trade has declared a revision on company establishment procedures to fasten the establishment processes since preparing the necessary documents regarding the establishment process requires great amount of time and creates great costs. With the announcement being made on December 12, 2016 on the Official Gazette, the amendment made by the Ministry of Customs and Trade has gone in effect.