Remote Working In The New Normal After COVID-19

Global COVID-19 pandemic, which has been going on for over a year now, had inevitable impacts on the business life. During the pandemic, various measures have been taken into place at workplaces to fight this outbreak. Remote working was one of the most prominent measures of all. It is beyond question that remote working model will maintain its significance at workplaces even after the pandemic.

As per the Turkish Labour Act (the "TLA"), remote working is an employment relationship executed in writing, where employees carry out their duties either from home or by way of technological communication tools outside the workplace, within the employer's work organization. The TLA provides that the i) principles and procedures of remote working, ii) works to which remote working is not applicable due to the nature of work, iii) application of operational rules concerning the protection and sharing of data, and iv) other issues shall be determined by a regulation to