Draft Guidelines On Competition Infringements On Labour Markets Have Been Published By The Turkish Competition Authority

The Turkish Competition Authority has published its Draft Guidelines on Competition Infringements on Labor Markets (the "Guidelines") and collected public opinion on it until 27 September 2024.

Article 4 of Law No 4054 on the Protection of Competition ("Law No 4054") prohibits agreements between undertakings, concerted practices and decisions and actions of associations of undertakings that directly or indirectly prevent, restrict competition. This also applies to the provision of services on the labour market, which should be competitive and offer diverse options to employees, even though certain market-related characteristics and factors, such as weak employee organisation and disproportion between the bargaining power of the parties, may lead to a weakening of the competitive environment. The Guidelines aim to set out the essential principles in relation to the maintenance of competition on labour markets for the identification and supervision of practices that