Due to Covid-19, short-time working allowance was extended by 1 month for workplaces where short-term work was carried out.

In addition, the temporary employment guarantee period was extended by 1 month.

According to the decision, a short working period can be extended for the same employees who have previously benefited from short work and without exceeding the same conditions without the need for a new application and determination of conformity.

The decision regarding the extension of the short working period was published in the Official Gazette dated 31 June, No. 30, 2020. Decision text is as follows:

In the General Letter No. 4909683 dated 23/3/2020, SSI has announced the deadlines and instructions with regards to the monthly premium and service declarations of the employers who made their applications for benefiting from the previous premium promotion, support and discounts within the legal period.

However, they need some revisions with regards to the deadlines due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Based on this, SGK has published a new announcement on 01.06.2020 with no 6383458 and the previously published announcement dated 22.05.2020 with no 6237651 has been abolished as of its publication date.

In the General Letter No. 20662475 dated 27/12/2019, SSI has announced that as of 2020/January monthly premium and service declaration, if the employers who have the wrong incentive record submit the premium and service document with the same or different incentive law number, the retrospective incentive change requests under the scope of Law no 5510, Article 17 would not be proceed unless the records in the wrong incentive list are corrected.

In the General Letter No. 4909683 dated 23/3/2020, SSI has announced the deadlines and instructions with regards to the monthly premium and service declarations of the employers who made their applications for benefiting from the previous premium promotion, support and discounts within the legal period.

However, they need some revisions with regards to the deadlines due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Based on this, SGK has published a new announcement dated 22.05.2020 and numbered 6237651. The relevant provisions of the SSI are as follows:

-Within the scope of the first paragraph of the Article 17 of the Law No. 5510, to benefit from an incentive or for a retrospective incentive change, related to 2018 / April and beyond;