A detailed legal guide to annual leave, public holidays, and paid time off compliance in Turkey, covering annual paid leave entitlement, leave records, weekly rest, holiday pay, termination risks, and HR compliance. Annual leave and paid time off are often treated as administrative scheduling issues, but in Turkey they are legal rights governed by a […]
A detailed legal guide to working hours, overtime, and rest periods in Turkey, explaining HR responsibilities on weekly hours, overtime pay, employee consent, breaks, weekly rest, night work, compensatory work, and recordkeeping. Working time is one of the most heavily regulated parts of employment law in Turkey. It affects wages, scheduling, overtime exposure, occupational health, […]
A detailed legal guide to hybrid work models in Turkey, covering written agreements, working time, overtime, data protection, occupational health and safety, equipment, expenses, equal treatment, and dismissal risks. Hybrid work has moved from emergency practice to long-term workforce design. Employers now combine office attendance, home-based work, flexible scheduling, digital supervision, and cross-border collaboration in […]
A detailed legal guide to remote work policies and the legal responsibilities of HR teams in Turkey, covering written contracts, equipment, expenses, working time, overtime, data protection, occupational health and safety, equal treatment, and termination risks. Remote work is no longer a temporary management solution. In Turkey, it is a legally recognized working model with […]
A detailed legal guide to fixed-term vs indefinite-term employment contracts in Turkey, covering drafting, objective conditions, chain renewals, equal treatment, termination risks, notice rules, and HR compliance. Employment contract type is one of the first and most important legal choices HR makes. In practice, many employers focus on salary, title, reporting line, and start date, […]
A detailed legal guide to probation periods in employment law in Turkey, covering maximum duration, collective agreement extensions, termination rules, salary and social security rights, discrimination risks, and HR compliance. Probation periods are often treated as simple trial arrangements that let employers “test” employees before deciding whether the working relationship should continue. In legal reality, […]
A detailed legal guide to redundancy, restructuring, and collective dismissal rules in Turkey, covering operational dismissals, collective layoff thresholds, notification duties, consultation, mediation, reinstatement risk, and HR compliance. Redundancy and restructuring are never purely commercial decisions. In Turkey, they are also legal processes shaped by Labour Act No. 4857 and the Labour Courts Act No. […]
A detailed legal guide to lawful dismissal procedures in HR management in Turkey, covering notice termination, valid reason dismissal, summary dismissal, written notice, employee defense rights, mediation, reinstatement risk, and collective layoffs. Dismissal is one of the most sensitive decisions an employer can make. In HR practice, it is often treated as the last step […]
A detailed legal guide to performance management and employee termination risks in Turkey, covering valid reason dismissals, notice procedures, defense rights, burden of proof, reinstatement risk, and HR best practices. Performance management is often presented as an HR tool for improving productivity, aligning employees with business goals, and identifying talent. In legal terms, however, it […]
A practical legal guide to GDPR and Turkish KVKK compliance in human resources, covering lawful bases, employee consent, special category data, monitoring, DSARs, retention, security, and cross-border transfers. Human resources teams now sit on some of the most sensitive data in any organization. Recruitment files, interview notes, onboarding records, payroll data, health reports, disciplinary files, […]