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Turkey has taken sweeping steps to cushion the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic

MuhasebeNews — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:30:20 +0000

Turkey has taken sweeping steps to cushion the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic to protect both employers and employees.

Any firm forced out of business due to a Force Majeure, such as the pandemic, can approach the government.

The government will pay 60% of the staff salaries for a period of three months.

With this short-term employment allowance, the government will make direct transfers — within the ranges of 1,752 Turkish liras ($260) to 4,381 liras ($650) — in the employees’ bank accounts directly.

The government will also pay for their health insurance during the period.

With these measures, the government hopes to cut back unemployment figures due to the pandemic, which has claimed over 74,800 lives globally and infected more than 1.35 million others.

In Turkey, the death toll stands at 649, with more than 30,200 cases confirmed.

Bünyamin Esen, a social security inspector, said that due to the short-term employment allowance, firms do not lose their staff for three months.

He added that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has the authority to extend the three-month period to six months. “If the risk of epidemic does not end as early as expected, the period of the allowance will be extended.”

Salaries are paid by the government on the fifth day of each month through the country’s postal service, PTT.

Employers will not have to pay the salaries, insurance premiums and income taxes of their staff during this period said Esen, who is also CEO of a consultancy firm, Uzman Global.

He said this allowance was valid since 2008, but it was stretched to incorporate the unprecedented situation rising from COVID-19, the official name of the virus.

Under the amendment, an employee who has worked for at least 60 days and has 450 days of premiums for the last three years qualifies for the allowance. In case an employee loses his job after the three-month period, the state will give them an unemployment allowance for up to seven months and up to 2,354 Turkish liras ($350).

Turkey has also approved tax discounts and delays for companies and citizens.

Especially tourism and aviation firms, which are affected mostly by the virus, are being protected by the government.

Banks have allowed clients to defer their installments for three months and are offering new low-interest-rate credit packages to firms.

The country backs employers with minimum wage and tax supports besides the short-term employment allowance.

Turkey increased the minimum pension to 1,500 Turkish ($223) after the start of the outbreak.

After first appearing in Wuhan, China, in December, the virus, has spread to at least 184 countries and regions, according to data compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.

Source: Hürriyet Daily News/Link: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-takes-sweeping-steps-to-cushion-coronavirus-fallout-153646
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If we pay wage to our employee who is on maternity leave, should we pay Social Security premium too? (In Turkey)

MuhasebeNews — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:00:52 +0000

If we pay wage to our employee who is on maternity leave, should we pay Social Security premium too?

Should we pay Social Security premiums, when we continue to pay the wage to the employee who is on maternity leave? If we pay as an advance and then deduct, is it possible not to pay the Social Security premium?

All payments in cash and other ways paid to the employee are subject to Social Security premium.

If the employer wants to pay wage to the worker on maternity leave, the employer must pay the premium of the wage payment and must check the box “Didn’t work” on the system.

Source: İSMMMO
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Is it possible for the employer to temporarily assign the worker to another employer?

MuhasebeNews — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:05:26 +0000

Is it possible for the employer to temporarily assign the worker to another employer?

A temporary employment relationship may be established when the employer transfers the employee, with his or her written consent at the time of transfer, to another establishment within the structure of the same holding company or the same group of companies.

In accordance with this Paragraph, the temporary employment relationship may be established for 6 months at most in written form and may be renewed maximum twice.

The employer who assigns their worker to another employer temporarily is still liable to pay wage.

The employer with whom a temporary employment relationship is established is responsible for the unpaid wages of the employee during his / her employment period, the social insurance premiums of the employee and the obligation to protect the employee together with the transferring employer.

Source: Ministry of Labor and Social Security
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Does the employer has to give notice to the employee before dismissing them?

MuhasebeNews — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:42:27 +0000

Does the employer has to give notice to the employee before dismissing them?

Employers have to give notice to employees before dismissing them.

The notice period is;

2 weeks for 6 months of employment,
4 weeks for 6 – 18 months of employment,
6 weeks for 18 – 36 months of employment,
8 weeks for more than 36 months of employment.

The Party who does not abide by the regulation has to pay the wage amount that covers the notice period as compensation.

What happens if the employer rejects to accept the court’s re-employment decision?

MuhasebeNews — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:37:31 +0000

What happens if the employer rejects to accept the court’s re-employment decision?

If the employer rejects to employ the employee back within 1 month following the court’s re-employment decision, s/he will be subject to pay compensation to the employee in the amount of 4 to 8 month’s wage. The court or the special referee also decides on how much compensation the employer would be subject to pay if s/he rejects to abide by the decision. The employee will be paid 4 months of wage at most and also his/her other rights for the period where s/he was not employed during the decision process.

Is It Compulsory to Prepare a Pay Slip?

MuhasebeNews — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:26:32 +0000

1- WHAT IS PAY SLIP?
That document should be prepared by the employer; it presents the payments made (in cash or via bank) by the employer to the employee and the calculation of the pay (pay cuts and number of ssi days) and it should be signed by both the employer and the employee.

2- IN WHICH LAW IS THE PAY SLIP INDICATED?
The provision about the Preparation of Pay Slip is indicated in article 37 of the Labor Law numbered 4857.

3- WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY INFORMATIONS THAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN PAY SLIP?
            3.1- The amount of daily pay, gross and net pays
            3.2-  The amount of minimum living allowance
            3.3-  Pay day
            3.4-  Pay period
            3.5-  Overwork (if any)
            3.6-  Weekend
            3.7-  festive holidays and vacation pays
            3.8-  Every kind of payments added to actual pay (premium, bonuses etc)
            3.9- The amount of tax cuts made from the employer and the employee
            3.10- Insurance premium cut made from the employer and the employee
            3.11- Advance payment offset (if any)
            3.12- The cuts like alimony and levy

Source: The Labor Law Numbered 4857

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An employee will work outside of the city that our headquarters is located.

MuhasebeNews — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:54:30 +0000

Our newly established incorporated company in İstanbul bought a boat to rent and to organize tours for companies and clients. The port of registry is Datça Marina. We will employ a captain for the boat. Where should we open his insurance file? Can we open it in the city where the company’s headquarters is located? The employee will reside and work in Datça.

You have to hand in the statement of employment in the SSI that Datça Marina is affiliated. Or else, because of the change in the address, you might be subject to the provisions of Identity Notification Law.

Are we required to declare with the same transfer number the SSI statement and termination of employment of an employee who will work in another workplace of the same employer?

MuhasebeNews — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:44:43 +0000

Is it possible for an employee from Company A to Company B of the same employer with a different tax I.D?

For statement of employment of an insured employee who is being transferred, it should be completed through the ‘’Social insurant who is working at the other branch which is registered by the same or another insurance department /provincial insurance department the same employer through transfer and before the termination of their service contract’’ option in the Exceptional Case Declaration Table.

‘’16-Transfer’’ option in the employment termination declaration segment must be used when declaring the insured employee’s employment termination through transfer. To make a transfer between different workplaces of the same employer, I.D numbers of the authorized people of the workplaces or Tax I.D’s of legal persons must be the same. If not, or if the information are not up to date, the system will impose a administrative fine on the employer.

Huawei fires employee arrested for spying

MuhasebeNews — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:00:56 +0000

Sales executive of Huawei has been arrasted in Poland on charges of spying for China.

China’s embassy identifies the suspected citizen as Weijing Wang.

Huawei ise, şirketin adını kötülediği gerekçesiyle Wang’i kovdu.

Huawei stated that it fired Wang for bringing the company into disrepute.

Huawei is seen as a national security risk by the US officials.

Other companies like Australia and New Zealand decided to restrain the supply of Huawei’s 5G equipments.

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UK faces employee crisis since Brexit

MuhasebeNews — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:00:06 +0000

The UK’s manufacturing sector faces the biggest crisis in finding qualified workers since 1989.

The level of employment and the number of employees coming from EU member countries decreased drastically following Brexit vote.

British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) declared that more than four-fifths of manufacturing firms had difficulty in finding qualified employees.

A survey taken by the lobby featuring more than 6,000 employers throughout the country brought out that 81% of manufacturing firms and 70% of service firms struggle in finding employees who have the required qualifications and experience.