Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, new regulations were introduced by the Government.

In this context, the new regulations brought by the Law numbered 7252 published in the Official Gazette numbered 31199 and 28.07.2020 dated, are summarized as follows:

Short Work Allowance Extension

With the regulation in the provisional article 23 of the Unemployment Insurance Law numbered 4447; The President has been authorized to extend the short-term employment until 31 December 2020 for separate sectors.

In this way, short time working period extension can be made on a sector basis.

Social Security Agreement between the Republic of Türkiye and Kyrgyz Republic that was signed on 9 April 2018, has been approved by Türkiye President. The approval decision has been published on the Official Gazette dated 3 July 2020, numbered 31174.

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.