CoR - Turkey Employment

Central

Central administration and de-concentrated branches

Central state authorities are responsible for:

Supervising the implementation of legislation governing working conditions (Article 91, 4857 Labour Law)
Legislative and policy competences on working life, worker - employee relations and labour peace;
Investigation of potential problems in working life;
Social security-related rights;
Business inspection;
Promotion of gender equality at work;
Civil servant working conditions;
Work permits for foreigners;
Measures for vocational rehabilitation; and
Health and safety at work.
Turkish Employment Organisation (ISKUR) was established by Law No. 4904 and published in the Official Gazette dated 5 July 2003. The main responsibilities of ISKUR are:

To help job seekers to find jobs and help employers to find workers;
To provide job and career counselling services and training programmes for improving job search methods through vocational information centres;
To implement active labour market programmes (in addition to the usual training and employment services);
To implement passive labour force programmes (such as unemployment insurance and job loss compensation services); and
To regulate private employment agencies.

Regional

N/A

Local

N/A

Sources:

Law N° 4857 on Labour

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