Regarding the Extension of the Duration of the Short-Time Working Allowance for Workplaces Applying Short-Time Working...

The Presidential Decree on the Extension of the Duration of the Short-Time Working Allowance for Workplaces Applying Short-Time Working on the Grounds of Compelling Reasons within the Scope of Periodic Circumstances Arising from External Effects Due to Covid-19 was published in the Official Gazette.

Accordingly, within the framework of the principles set out in provisional Article 23 of the Unemployment Insurance Law No. 4447, for workplaces that applied for short-time working by 30 June 2020 due to Covid-19, the duration of the short-time working allowance was extended by one month, without being limited to the extension period under additional Article 2 of the said law, within the framework of the principles set out in Presidential Decree No. 2706 dated 29 June 2020 and commencing after the one-month period extended by that decree.

In addition, by Presidential Decree No. 2811, it was decided, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of provisional Article 10 of the Labor Law No. 4857 dated 22 May 2003, to extend the period specified in the first and second paragraphs of provisional Article 10 of the said law by one month as of 17 August.

31 July 2020 - Official Gazette No. 2810; https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2020/07/20200731-2.pdf

31 July 2020 - Official Gazette No. 2811; https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2020/07/20200731-3.pdf