Employment & Labor Law Compliance Training for Businesses in Turkiye

• The Foundations of Labor Law No. 4857: Navigating current statutory updates, corporate obligations, and essential employment definitions under Turkish law.

• Contractual Engineering: Analyzing specific employment contract types (such as fixed-term, indefinite, or part-time agreements) and the absolute necessity of localized, written clauses.

• Operational Work Hours and Mandatory Leave: Mastering statutory trial periods, maximum weekly working hours, mandatory rest periods, and the strict calculations required for annual paid leave.

• Overtime Management and Risk Control: Developing ironclad tracking systems for overtime (fazla mesai) to prevent common, high-value retroactive wage claims by ex-employees.

• The Mechanics of Lawful Termination: Distinguishing between immediate termination for just cause (haklı nedenle fesih) versus valid cause (geçerli neden), while avoiding fatal procedural errors.

• Defeating Reinstatement Claims: Structuring bulletproof personnel files and formal written defense procedures to insulate your company against reinstatement lawsuits (işe iade davası).

• Anti-Harassment and Mobbing Protocols: Understanding the employer’s absolute statutory duty to prevent workplace bullying, discrimination, and harassment, along with proper internal investigation frameworks.

• Institutional State Compliance: Managing strict reporting and operational compliance workflows required by the Social Security Institution (SGK) and the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR).

• Subcontractor Liability Mapping: Auditing the fine legal distinction between core corporate work and auxiliary tasks to eliminate the massive joint-liability risks of subcontractor relationships (alt işveren).

• Workplace Accident Prevention and Liability: Managing corporate director liabilities, reporting duties, and statutory obligations following local workplace injuries or occupational health incidents.

This comprehensive compliance curriculum is tailored specifically for corporate stakeholders managing workforce operations in Turkiye, including:

• International business owners, corporate board members, and regional directors.

• Human resources executives, personnel managers, and internal talent acquisition teams.

• Corporate payroll specialists, in-house accountants, and employee relations officers.

• Internal legal counsel, compliance officers, and risk management auditors.

• Cross-border entrepreneurs and foreign startup founders building their first local teams.

• Duration: 2 hours.

• Method: Flexible delivery channels, available online via secure video streaming or face-to-face directly at your corporate headquarters.

• Format: Conducted interactively by our senior employment and litigation attorneys. The session integrates complex statutory codes with practical, real-world analyses of landmark Supreme Court (Yargıtay) precedents. We heavily customize the training modules to fit your specific industry sector, such as Tech/SaaS, manufacturing, logistics, or global retail.