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Turkish Constitutional Court recently decided that rendering a decision before dissolving the divergence of opinions between the Court of Appeal’s different chambers breaches the right to fair trial. The applicant works in a foundation based on an employment agreement. […]

Turkish Constitutional Court ruled that: compulsory pre-mediation process introduced with the Labour Courts Law Number 7036 (the “Labour Courts Law”) with respect to lawsuits initiated for labour receivables and compensations as well as re-employment claims and the legal provision […]

Turkey has introduced several incentives to encourage job creation. New tax incentives are available for employers which create jobs for women, disabled, or young employees. Further incentives are available for employers which create these jobs in the production and […]

Turkey has amended tax rules for payments to employees in the context of mutual termination agreements. Accordingly, certain payments are now deemed to be wages and are exempt from income tax. These payments include compensation, job loss indemnity, termination […]

Turkish Constitutional Court recently ruled that the process of deciding whether to join a workers’ union also falls within the scope of the right to join a union, protected by the Turkish Constitution and European Convention on Human Rights. […]

Turkey recently adopted a long-awaited mandatory mediation mechanism for certain employment disputes. From 1 January 2018, parties must have attempted mediation before they will be able to pursue an employment dispute via the Turkish court system. The mandatory mediation […]

Turkey has updated secondary legislation to reflect changes which were made in 2014 and 2016 to the paid leave provisions of Labour Law number 4857. The changes apply to employee entitlements to take leave in parts, as well as […]

Turkey has removed the 7.5 working hours maximum limit for night shifts for employee and sub-employees in the tourism, private security and health service sectors, provided each employee gives their written consent. The change allows employees in these sectors […]

The European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) recently held that an employer’s monitoring of an employee’s office communication account violated his right to private life, granted under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“Convention”). The employee […]

Turkey has updated its rules for obtaining and revoking employee consent for performing overtime work, as well as restrictions on the working hours for employees in underground mines. Notable changes and clarifications include: It is no longer necessary to […]