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Fundamental Principles of Labor Law

Based on our many years of experience and extensive work with national and international companies, we design and tailor our Labor Law training programs in line with our clients’ specific needs, enriching the content accordingly.

Labor Law Legislation and Interpretation-Based Practices

  • Fundamental rights of employees – fundamental obligations of employers
    • Payment of wages
    • Principle of equal treatment
    • Employer’s duty to protect the employee
    • Occupational health and safety obligations
  • Employer’s Management Right and Its Limits
    • Authority to give instructions
    • Change of duties
    • Change of workplace
    • Material change – requirement of written consent
  • Personnel Files
  • Types of Employment Contracts
    • Indefinite-term employment contracts
    • Fixed-term employment contracts
    • Probationary employment contracts
    • Part-time / on-call work
    • Remote work
  • Performance Process Management
  • Disciplinary Practices
    • Verbal warning
    • Written defense
    • Written warning
    • Termination of the employment contract
    • Notice periods
  • Overtime & Extended Working Hours & Weekly Rest & National Holidays and General Holidays (UBGT)
  • Severance Pay
    • Conditions for entitlement
    • Justified termination – unjustified termination
    • Principles of calculation
  • Mobbing (Workplace Harassment)
  • Mediation Process
    • Types of disputes subject to mandatory mediation
    • Time limits
    • Common mistakes in mediation
    • Legal consequences of the final minutes
  • Statute of Limitations
    • Wage receivables
    • Overtime claims
    • Severance / notice compensation
    • Interruption of the statute of limitations
  • Subcontractor – Principal Employer Relationship
    • Risk of sham subcontracting
    • Allocation of liabilities
    • Approach of the Court of Cassation

Selected Comprehensive Projects We Have Carried Out

  • Providing consultancy during restructuring and downsizing processes aimed at increasing profitability through effective planning for companies with more than 1,000 employees
  • Advising companies operating with more than 500 contractors on the most appropriate contract-based relationships and working principles to identify and prevent sham subcontracting
  • Resolving employee disputes through mediation in order to reduce client costs
  • Participating in union collective bargaining negotiations as employer representatives and advisors, and providing consultancy on collective labor agreement negotiations and relations with labor unions
  • Providing consultancy and legal representation in lawsuits seeking the annulment of union authority determinations and industry classification decisions
  • Delivering Fundamental Labor Law and Mobbing training to white-collar and blue-collar employees as an accredited trainer of PERYÖN (Turkish People Management Association)
  • Delivering Mobbing training to managers at all levels of our sector-leading clients within the scope of the Labor Law Academy Project
  • Reviewing and amending workplace regulations and policies, service agreements, mutual termination agreements, and other employment termination documents
  • Providing consultancy on matters related to occupational health and safety and social security law