16 Mar 2021
The Regulation on Remote Working (“Regulation”), issued by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services in order to regulate the works that are not compatible with remote working, the implementation of business rules regarding data protection and sharing, […]
6 Jul 2020
Article 25/II of the Employment Law numbered 4857 (“Employment Law”) states that employers will have the right to immediately terminate employment agreements with a valid reason and without any compensation if employees act “against moral and good faith principles”. […]
31 Jan 2020
23rd Chamber of the Supreme Court established that the statute of limitations shall be applicable as 10 years for recourse claims between the main employer and the sub-contractor under a subcontracting agreement. In the event of a valid subcontracting […]
28 Nov 2019
The Turkish Constitutional Court has invalidated certain provisions of the Employment Law numbered 4857 (“Employment Law ”) for being against the principle of equality. The sixth paragraph of article 112 of the Employment Law prevented public institutions to recourse […]
27 Aug 2019
The General Assembly on the Unification of Judgments of the Court of Cassation (“Assembly”) decided that penal clause due to early unjust termination of a labor contract is valid only for the time period stated in the contract, if […]
27 Aug 2019
The Law number 3201 on Evaluation of Services, given abroad by Turkish Citizens, in terms of Social Security (the “Law”), is amended with the Law Number 7186 Amending Income Tax Law and Certain Other Laws (the “Omnibus Bill”). The […]
21 Jun 2019
Turkey’s Court of Cassation recently ruled that in case of terminating the indefinite-term employment contract due to medical leaves, employers are not obliged to take the employee’s statement. According to paragraph 1/(b) of article 25 of the Labor Law […]
27 Mar 2019
The Turkish Constitutional Court recently ruled that the decision of the first instance court to not review the re-employment case by claiming the case is in the jurisdiction of the State of Emergency Commission (“Commission”) violated applicant’s right of […]
27 Mar 2019
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. […]
4 Feb 2019
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 […]
