President extends short time work allowance until March 31

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The short time work allowance has been extended until the end of March with a Presidential Decree today (February 19).

The government introduced the short-time allowance on March 26 last year.

The decree was based on the first and second paragraphs of Article 10 of the Labor Law No. 4857.

With a provisional article added to the Labor Law on April 16, employers were banned from terminating labor contracts for three months, as part of the measures to curb the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Employers were also allowed to put employees on unpaid leave for three months.

Employees can apply for the allowance if their work times are reduced by at least one-third or operations at their workplace partially or totally halts operations due to "general, economic or sectoral crises or force majeure conditions.

The president has extended the layoff ban and the short time work allowance for two-months periods since July. (TP/VK).