“Law No 5951 on Amending the Law on Collection Procedure of Public Receivables and Some Other Certain Laws” was accepted in the General Assembly of Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 28 January 2010. Please find below the amendments made to the short time work allowance practice with the mentioned Law. Accordingly;
- In Additional Article 2 of the Unemployment Insurance Law No 4447, it is stated that the term of the short time work cannot exceed the period covering the force majeure and 3 months in any case. With the temporary Article 8 added to the Unemployment Insurance Law with the Law No 5838, the related term was increased from 3 months to 6 months, to be exclusively valid for the applications made for short time work in 2008 and 2009.
According to Article 6 of the Law No 5951, short time work period will be applied as 6 months, rather than 3 months, also for the applications to be made in 2010.
- Under Additional Article 2 of the Unemployment Insurance Law No 4447, short time work allowance amount is equivalent to the unemployment allowance amount. With the Temporary Article 8 added to the Unemployment Insurance Law with the Law No 5838, it was stated that short time work allowance was to be paid with an increase by 50%, to be exclusively valid for the applications made for short time work in 2008 and 2009.
According to Article 6 of the Law No 5951, short time work allowance will be applied with 50% increased amount also for the applications to be made in 2010.
Furthermore, payments made under the name short time work allowance will not be deducted from the term of unemployment allowance initially set out, to be exclusively valid for the applications to be made in 2010.
Aforementioned provisions will become effective on the promulgation date of the Law No 5951.
Our explanations provided above include general information on the issue. No responsibility can be claimed against Ernst & Young and Kuzey YMM A.Ş. due to the implications arising from the context of this document or emerging with respect to its context.
Best Regards,
KUZEY YEMİNLİ MALİ MÜŞAVİRLİK A.Ş.
İhsan Akar