Social Security Law and Legislation

04June2021

Remote Workdays Will be Declared Separately

Social Security Institution has published a General Letter regarding the Remote Workdays and stated that if there are any remote workdays during a month, these days should be declared separately in the merged Monthly Tax and Social Security Premium declaration.

SSI also states that the related update has been made per the recently published Remote Work Regulation and for this purpose, a new column/area regarding the remote workdays added to the format of the Merged Tax and Social Security Premium Declaration Form.

Accordingly, the remote workdays of employees should be tracked by employers for the new declaration format.

Author Erdoğdu Onur Erol, Category Social Security Law and Legislation, Taxation Law

11May2021

Company Data Will Be Received from MERSIS System for SSI Registration

In the SSI General Letter dated 05.05.2021 and numbered 24730873, it was explained that the information that should always be up-to-date such as the manager, partner and address of the companies in the SSI workplace file registration is closed to the user login and the relevant data will be taken from the MERSIS system.

It was required for the users conducting the SSI workplace registration to submit the company data fully and correctly via "Workplace Registration Application" in the e-government system.

The information submitted during the initial registration had been kept unless a notification for change and revision was provided to SSI Directorates.

It has been ensured that the manager, partner and address information of the legal private workplaces are taken from the Central Registry System (MERSIS) to process the data belonging to the companies accurately and to keep SSI records up-to-date.

Author Selma Kıy, Category Social Security Law and Legislation, Bilateral Treaties

30April2021

Termination Ban and Pandemic Unpaid Leave is Extended to 30.06.2021

Cash wage support and termination ban due to Covid-19 reasons have been extended to June 30, 2021.

The decision was published with the Official Gazette dated 30.04.2021 and numbered 31470.

The related regulations were located on the Labor Law Temporary Article 10 as below:

"TEMPORARY ARTICLE 10 - Regardless of whether this Law is covered or not, any employment or service contract does not comply with the rules of ethics and good faith in paragraph (II) of the first paragraph of Article 25 and other relevant laws, the expiration of fixed-term contracts, the closure of the workplace for any reason and the termination of its activity, all kinds of service purchases made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the termination of the work in construction works, it cannot be terminated by the employer for a period of three months from the effective date of this article.

The employer may leave the worker entirely or partially on unpaid leave for a period of three months from the effective date of this article. Being entitled to unpaid leave under this article does not give the employee the right to terminate the contract based on the justified reason.

In violation of the provisions of this article, the employer or their representative, who terminates the employment contract, is given an administrative fine at the monthly gross minimum wage amount for the employee whose contract is terminated.

The President is authorized to extend the three-month periods in the first and second paragraphs up to six months."

Author Erdoğdu Onur Erol, Category Social Security Law and Legislation, Labor Law

30April2021

Ministry of Internal Affairs Exemption Letter Announcement

The Communiqué about assignment/exemption letter has been announced by Ministry of Internal Affairs on April 29, 2021.

You can find the details below:

1. All previous exemption permits per the previously published Circular and the Circular numbered 7576 and dated April 27, 2021 for the production, manufacturing, supply, and logistics sectors will be abolished as of May 2 at 24.00.

2. As of Thursday April 29, 2021, all employees working under the exempt workplaces, factories, etc. should obtain "assignment/exemption letter" via e-Government portal.

Author Erdoğdu Onur Erol, Category Social Security Law and Legislation