Worker Rights In Turkey

In Turkey, law stipulates that no one can make any act of discrimination among employees related to
their race, gender, religion, political or philosophical belief.

Types of contracts

There are 6 types of contract in turkey

1. Temporary or permanent work

2. Definite or indefinite period
3. Part-time or full-time
4. “Work-upon-call”
5. Starting with a trial period
6. Team contract

Employee working hours in Turkey

For a full-time contract, the maximum period of working during a week is 45 hours for every worker.
An employee who works more then 45 hours per week will be paid for supplementary hours. These
hours have another payment regime that is 50% higher then the regular working hours. The
entrepreneurs who don’t want to pay for the supplementary hours have the possibility to give free
time to their employees. For every hour worked as a supplement, a worker can get 1.5 hours of free
time. The total number of supplementary hours worked per year cannot exceed 270 hours.

Holidays for employees in turkey

According to the Turkish Labor Law, there are six public holidays per year and all of these are paid
Every employee can get an extra two periods (maximum eight days) of religious holiday per year.
Besides these days, every worker have a holiday between minimum 14 and 26 working days
according to his years of work. And I think holidays might be more. it is less comparing with other
countries.

Payment to employees by the businesses

The wages will be paid in Turkish Lira (TRY) in the bank account of every employee and if the
employer doesn’t respect this procedure will get an administrative penalty. There is no restriction
related to the duration of an employment contract. The contracts for a definite period of time can be
renewed more then once only in certain situations.

Workplace Safety and health

workers are obliged to establish a workplace health and safety unit in workplace. at least one
workplace doctor or one workplace safety expert must be appointed to such unit.

Do you think that employee laws needs changing in turkey? I don’t think that changing is necessary.
It is already same with the other countries, but some businesses are disobeying to these laws that is
why government should pay attention and follow up these kind of businesses and should punish
them in a right way.

Source:
http://www.mondaq.com/turkey/x/633390/Contract+of+Employment/Protection+Of+Employees+Pe
rsonal+Data+In+Turkish+Labor+Law

http://www.iflr.com/Article/3196402/Playing-it-safe-under-Turkeys-new-workplace-laws.html