The number of premium payment days and the corresponding wage notifications are among the most confused issues in working life. While the base earnings for premiums fall under the relevant area of Social Security Law, the issue of wages to be paid in return for work is a subject of Labor Law. Therefore, a conclusion must be reached by considering both disciplines together. This study was evaluated by following the said method.

What is Job Seeking Leave?

Job seeking leave is a type of leave that an employee can use in the process of finding a new job before leaving their current job. This leave allows the employee to focus on job search activities and evaluate potential job opportunities. This right, which is provided to the employee to use within the notice period and on working days, is called "job seeking leave". Pursuant to Article 17 of the Labor Law No. 4857, in the event that the employee or the employer terminates the indefinite-term employment contract by giving a notice period, the employee must be given permission to search for a new job pursuant to Article 27 of the Labor Law. Article 27 defines the title "New Job Seeking Permission" as follows:

"Within the notice periods, the employer is obliged to give the employee the necessary job seeking leave to find a new job during working hours and without deduction of wages. The duration of the job seeking leave cannot be less than two hours a day and if the employee wishes, he/she may combine the hours of job seeking leave and use them collectively. However, the employee who wants to use the job seeking leave collectively must coincide it with the days before the day he/she will leave the job and notify the employer of this situation. If the employer does not grant the new job seeking leave or makes it incomplete, the wage for that period shall be paid to the worker. If the employer employs the worker during the job seeking leave, in addition to the wage that the worker will receive without any work by using the leave, he shall pay the wage for the period of employment with a one hundred percent increase."

In business life, the organization and functioning of the relations between the employer and the employee are subject to certain rules within the framework of the Labor Law. The personnel file, which is a part of these rules, is a critical tool to protect the rights of the employer and employee, to ensure compliance with legal regulations and to manage labor relations in an orderly manner.

In terms of the employee and the employer, it is aimed by the legislator to prevent the parties to the employment relationship from losing their rights by attributing the unilateral termination of the employment relationship to various reasons and consequences. Basically, when interpreted in terms of the Labor Law No. 4857 ("Labor Law"), it can be said that the right of termination of the parties to the employment contract comes to the fore as soon as the employment contract is made unbearable for the parties.

What is On-the-Job Training Program?

İŞKUR (Employment Agency) on-the-job training program aims to reduce unemployment, to reinforce the professional knowledge of the unemployed candidates registered on İŞKUR, to learn and develop by experiencing the work and production processes. With the on-the-job training program, employers can have the opportunity to review the performances of the candidates for a certain period of time to employ qualified workforce, and they also have the opportunity to save on the cost of searching for new employees.

What are the Benefits of the On-the-Job Training Program?

With the İŞKUR (Employment Agency) on-the-job training program, employers can save as much as the cost of a minimum wage by including the candidates they want to hire after meeting the necessary conditions. Based on that, employers can have the opportunity to see the candidates while working in the field, and they will have the opportunity to train them according to their own corporate culture and needs. If the program ends positively, they will also be able to benefit from SSI incentives for the new employees.

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What is an Internship?

An internship is a temporary work experience that provides students or recent graduates with practical, hands-on knowledge and skills in a specific field or industry. These opportunities can be paid or unpaid, full-time or part-time, and can last from a few weeks to several months. They allow students to apply what they've learned in school to the business world while also making valuable connections and gaining insight into their chosen profession. In essence, internships are a valuable stepping stone for individuals seeking to jump-start their careers and gain a competitive advantage in the job market. The rise of remote and hybrid working in today's business world has increased online (remote) internships and made them the new norm.

What Is Unemployment Fund (Unemployment Allowance)?

Unemployment fund, "or as specified in the law, "unemployment allowance," is a payment provided to individuals who have previously worked as insured and meet all the conditions specified in Law No. 4447 (In Turkish) to financially support them to prevent income loss when they become unemployed. Unemployment fund is provided to insured individuals for a specific duration and amount during the period of their unemployment, based on certain conditions as specified in the law. The purpose of providing unemployment funds is to ensure that the individual who becomes unemployed can sustain their own and their family's livelihood during the period of unemployment.

While competition has an extremely important place for economic foundations, it is also of great importance to examine the competitive environment for employees and employers, who are one of the significant figures of commercial life. Because it is quite possible for employees to access commercially esteemed information about the employer's field of activity, customer environment, production stages or organizational structure during the employment contract. As a result, in line with this strict competitive environment, it is necessary to examine in detail the prohibition of competition and the validity conditions of the non-competition, which are conceptually stipulated in the legal sense.

"SSI missing days" is a term used to refer to the number of days an employee falls short of the required premium days within a month of working. In case an employee works less than 30 days due to various reasons, the employer submits a document called the "notification of missing days" to the Social Security Institution (SSI). These documents are prepared for the relevant months and kept by the employer for ten years, to be provided to the SSI upon request. From March 2018, a new practice has been implemented, which requires employers to specify the reasons for missing day notifications in the monthly premium and service documents/Withholding and Premium Service Declaration by the 26th of each month.