New Ways Of Working In Turkey

1. Has the government introduced any laws and/or issued guidelines around remote-working arrangements? If so, what categories of worker do the laws and/or guidelines apply to – do they extend to "gig" workers and other independent contractors?

Article 14 of the Turkish Labour Act (TLA) defines remote working as a contractual employment relationship in which employees carry out their duties from home or other locations outside the workplace, sometimes through digital platforms. Based on the TLA, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security recently prepared a Regulation on Remote Working (Regulation), which came into force on 10 March 2021.

The Regulation covers all employees who work remotely under article 14 of the TLA. In this regard, the said rules shall apply to all categories of employees defined under the TLA, including but not limited to fixed-term workers, temporary workers, part-time workers and full-time workers. On the other hand,