The Social Security Institution published a General Letter with regards to the inspections on the retirement procedures due to foreign service debt per the Law No. 3201 (In Turkish.)

Per that regulation, the retirement / pension payments made due to the foreign service debt system, would be cancelled if the individuals start to work in foreign countries or receives a social allowance due from their residence.

The individuals who retired due to the the foreign service debt system per the Law No: 3210, would need to declare their statuses regarding their work statuses or social benefit statuses within 3 months if they stay more than 6 months in the foreing countries.

With the Communique regarding the occupational health and safety risk classes published in Official Gazette dated 18.03.2022 and numbered 31782, some amendments to activity codes (NACE codes) have been made for the companies as detailed below:

1. The name of activity code 10.89.01 has been amended and psychological consultants has been added to the scope.

2. The below activity codes (NACE codes) have been added to the Occupational Health and Safety Communique:

Social Security Institution has published a General Letter to confirm that the presidency and management boards of labor unions and confederations are subject to unemployment insurance premiums.

On the General Letter, the authorities state that the presidency and management boards of labor unions and confederations are considered as insured within the scope of the article 4/1-(a) Law: 5510 (In Turkish).

Also, if the presidency and management boards of labor unions and confederations get retired during their duties, they can continue their duties and the social security support premium would be applied for these individuals.

Social Security Institution has announced that the social security premium payment deadline for January 2022 has been postponed to 03.03.2022.

Per the announcement, the regular social security premium deadline which is 28.02.2022, has been postponed to 03.03.2022 considering the workload of the employers arised in February.

The authorities also noted that to be able to benefit from the incentives, the payments would need to be done until the deadline.