Employment

Employment

Employment issues often require decisions to be taken quickly, but Turkish employment law is highly procedural, particularly when performance, disciplinary action, termination or workforce changes are involved. We advise employers with both the immediate HR issue and the potential consequences of the decision in mind.

Our team works with domestic and multinational employers across the employment relationship, from contracts and policies to sensitive employee matters, restructurings and collective issues. For international businesses, we also assist with the implementation of regional and global HR policies and projects in Turkey.

We represent employers in mandatory mediation and proceedings before the Turkish labour courts as well as advising on non-contentious employment matters. That contentious experience is an important part of how we assess termination and workforce risk.

How we help

• Employment contracts, consultancy arrangements and employee/independent contractor classification
• Employee handbooks, internal regulations, workplace policies and localisation of global HR policies
• Working conditions, working time, overtime and leave
• Compensation, benefits, bonuses and the employment aspects of equity and share-based incentive arrangements
• Performance management, disciplinary procedures and employment-related workplace investigations
• Discrimination, harassment, bullying (mobbing) and other workplace conduct issues
• Terminations, mutual separations, settlement and release documentation
• Restructurings, collective redundancies, workforce reductions, subcontracting, temporary employment arrangements and employment aspects of corporate transactions
• Business immigration, work permits, expatriate assignments and related employment and social-security matters
• Collective bargaining, trade union relations and occupational health and safety
• Workplace privacy and monitoring, confidentiality, restrictive covenants and post-termination obligations
• Mandatory employment mediation and representation before the Turkish labour courts