Corona Outbreak: New Amendments on Labor Law due to Covid-19

A new Law Amending Certain Acts No.7226 was published in the repeating Official Gazette No. 31080 dated March 26, 2020 which amends the article 64 of Labor Law No.4857. Accordingly, in cases where the work is stopped due to; inter alia, compulsory reasons which leads the workplace to operate below normal working hours and time off upon the request of the employee, the employer is entitled to demand for compensatory work for off days within four months ( instead of two) subsequent to compulsory reasons. In addition, it is stated that the President of the Republic of Turkey is authorized to increase this period up to 8 months. It should be noted that the compensatory work does not count as overtime provided that it does not exceed three hours a day or the maximum working time per day and does not be done on holidays.