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Employers paid 22.6 billion, workers 11.4 billion from unemployment fund

DİSK-AR REPORT

Employers paid 22.6 billion, workers 11.4 billion from unemployment fund

The payments made by the Employment Agency of Turkey (İŞKUR) to employers from the Unemployment Insurance Fund account for 26 percent of İŞKUR’s total expenditures, shows the report of the DİSK labor confederation’s research center.

Only a third of applications for unemployment allowance accepted during pandemic

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

Only a third of applications for unemployment allowance accepted during pandemic

The money in the fund decreased although fewer people were granted unemployment benefits in 2020, CHP deputy Şeker has noted.

19 February 2021

Only 10 percent of the unemployed receive unemployment benefits

Only 10 percent of the unemployed receive unemployment benefits

Turkey's unemployment fund paid 401,645 people unemployment benefits last month whereas the number of unemployed in the country is nearly four million.

1 Million Refugee Workers Laid-off Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

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1 Million Refugee Workers Laid-off Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

The killing of young worker Ali al-Hemdan at a police checkpoint mars the already depressive mood prevailing among Turkey's millions of precarious and informal Syrian refugee workers fatally hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

30 April 2020 Ertuğrul Kürkçü

‘Size of Unemployment Fund Can Overcome Covid-19 Crisis, But Planning is Necessary’

‘Size of Unemployment Fund Can Overcome Covid-19 Crisis, But Planning is Necessary’

Employment Expert Sinan Ok says that the current size of unemployment fund in Turkey is over 130 billion lira, which would suffice to subsidize the unemployment caused by coronavirus outbreak.

18 March 2020 Hikmet Adal

Unemployment Benefit to be Reduced to 5 Months

Unemployment Benefit to be Reduced to 5 Months

CHP politician Çelebi and the socialist trade union DİSK criticized the plan to reduce unemployment benefit to the duration of five months. They said that only a very few people could benefit from the fund that should be made available for more people more easily.

11 November 2011

Unemployment Fund Evaporates!

LABOR RIGHTS

Unemployment Fund Evaporates!

The state, which gives a contribution of 6 billion TL (3 billion euros) to the unemployment fund, has taken 7 billion TL (3.5 billion euros) back. Only 180 thousand people can benefit from the unemployment fund in a country, where there are 3 million unemployed people. They get an average of 345 Turkish Liras (173 euros). For 10 months at most...

11 August 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

AKP Transfers Unemployment Fund to Employers

AKP Transfers Unemployment Fund to Employers

A law allowing accumulated money in the unemployment fund to be transferred to employers has been passed in parliament.

12 August 2009 Tolga Korkut