Labor Law

05August2021

2021 Minimum Wage Support

2021 minimum wage support has come into force with the Law No. 7333 published in the Official Gazette dated 28.07.2021 and numbered 31551.

Based on that, in case that all conditions are met, the minimum wage support will be automatically deducted from the social security premium payments on the upcoming periods by the Social Security Institution without any application.

The minimum wage support amount for 2021 would be 2.5 TRY daily and 75 TRY monthly.

The conditions required for minimum wage support can be summarized as below:

This support would be applicable for the employees working under status 4/a.

Author Erdoğdu Onur Erol, Category Social Security Law and Legislation, Labor Law

28July2021

Amendment on the Working Hours Regulation

With the Official Gazette dated 27.02.2021 and numbered 31550, an amendment was made on the regulation regarding the working hours which cannot be distributed to weekdays.

Accordingly, Article 6-a of the mentioned regulation has been amended as the below;

The daily working hours cannot exceed 11 hours, and the night work cannot exceed 7.5 hours. The daily working hours cannot exceed 9 hours for the individuals using heavy vehicles with professional licenses, but that period can exceed 10 hours twice a week.

Author Erdoğdu Onur Erol, Category Social Security Law and Legislation, Labor Law

07July2021

2021 2nd Period - Maximum Severance Payment Amount

According to the Circular numbered 27998389-010.06.02.421208 published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance with the subject 'Financial and Social Rights', the coefficients used to calculate the wage of a public officers have been revised effective 01.07.2021.

Income Tax Exempted Severance Pay

The following value has been calculated taking these coefficients into account and shall be applied for the period between the dates of 01.07.2021 - 31.12.2021, maximum severance pay to be exempted from income tax is determined as 8,284.51 TRY.

To access the full circular in which these announcements were made, please click here. (Please also be advised that the contents of this circular are in Turkish language.)

Should you have any queries or need further details, please contact your customer representative.

Author Erdoğdu Onur Erol, Category Taxation Law, Labor Law

30April2021

Termination Ban and Pandemic Unpaid Leave is Extended to 30.06.2021

Cash wage support and termination ban due to Covid-19 reasons have been extended to June 30, 2021.

The decision was published with the Official Gazette dated 30.04.2021 and numbered 31470.

The related regulations were located on the Labor Law Temporary Article 10 as below:

"TEMPORARY ARTICLE 10 - Regardless of whether this Law is covered or not, any employment or service contract does not comply with the rules of ethics and good faith in paragraph (II) of the first paragraph of Article 25 and other relevant laws, the expiration of fixed-term contracts, the closure of the workplace for any reason and the termination of its activity, all kinds of service purchases made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the termination of the work in construction works, it cannot be terminated by the employer for a period of three months from the effective date of this article.

The employer may leave the worker entirely or partially on unpaid leave for a period of three months from the effective date of this article. Being entitled to unpaid leave under this article does not give the employee the right to terminate the contract based on the justified reason.

In violation of the provisions of this article, the employer or their representative, who terminates the employment contract, is given an administrative fine at the monthly gross minimum wage amount for the employee whose contract is terminated.

The President is authorized to extend the three-month periods in the first and second paragraphs up to six months."

Author Erdoğdu Onur Erol, Category Social Security Law and Legislation, Labor Law