The Communiqué about complete lockdown has been announced by Ministry of Internal Affairs on April 26, 2021.

You can find below the details:

1. Lockdown

The period will be applicable as of April 29, 2021 at 07.00 p.m. until May 17, 2021 at 05.00 a.m.

There will be juridical and administrative sanctions/penalties in case of a breach of the lockdown rules.

The below institutions and individuals will be exempt from this lockdown:

1. Members of Turkish Parliament and its employees,

2. Officers responsible for the public security,

3. Public institutions (airports, ports, border gates, customs, highways, nursing homes, elderly nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, PTT, etc.) required for the maintenance of compulsory public services,

New regulations about work-life have come into force with the Law numbered 7316 published in the Official Gazette dated April 22, 2021 and numbered 31462.

You can find below the details about these new regulations:

1) As per the 6^th Article; for the workplaces operating in compliance with NACE Rev.2 Classification of Economic Activities under the code 56 and 61.90.05, 85.51.03, 93.11.01, 93.12.07, 93.13.01, 93.19.05, 93.21.01, 93.29.02, 93.29.03, 96.02.01, 96.04.01, 96.04.02 or 96.04.03, the daily pandemic unpaid leave – cash wage support amount would be 50 TL regardless of the start date/hire date.

Short-term employment allowance has been extended to June 30, 2021 for the April, May and June periods.

This extension would be applicable for the same employees, who has been on short-term employment in previous months, with the same conditions. There would be no new application.

You can reach the details about employer support payments on short-term employment period via the link.

You can reach the details of short-term employment period via the link.

You can reach the details of short-term employment process via the link.

You can reach the related decision via link. (In Turkish)

Social Security Institution has published a new Communiqué numbered 2021/9 and canceled the termination code 29 (for the behaviors of the employee against ethic rules) and added new termination codes with that new Communiqué.

The new codes on the Communiqué are as below:

Code-42; "If the employee tricks the employer and gives incorrect information about the employer during the employment contract. (Law No: 4857 Article 25-II-a)

Code-43; If employee speaks of ill or behaves disrespectfully on behalf of the employer or their families (Law No: 4857 Article 25-II-b)

Code-44; If the employee sexually harass another employee. (Law No: 4857 Article 25-II-c)