For workplaces that had applied for short-time working until 30.06.2020 due to COVID-19, the period of the Short-Time Working Allowance has been extended by 1 one more month for the same persons and in line with the same conditions, without the need for a new application. With the Presidential decision, the details concerning the principles of Short-Time Working implementation and the application process were published in the Official Gazette dated 30 June and numbered 31171.

“Within the scope of the Presidential Decision on the Extension of the Period of the Short-Time Working Allowance for Workplaces Applying Short-Time Working, within the framework of the principles set out in additional article 2 and provisional article 23 of Unemployment Insurance Law no. 4447;

-For workplaces that had applied for short-time working until 30 June 2020 due to COVID-19, the period of the short-time working allowance, without the need for a new application and eligibility assessment,
-For the same workers who previously benefited from short-time working and provided that the same conditions are not exceeded,
-As of 1 July 2020 for workplaces whose short-time working practice ended before the publication date of this decision,
-and for workplaces whose short-time working practice was continuing on the date this decision was published, starting from the short-time working end date, it has been extended by one month.
-Pursuant to the provision of the decision, payments made on the grounds of compelling reasons within the scope of periodic situations arising from external effects will not be deducted from the initially determined unemployment allowance period.
-The periods regulated by provisional article 10 of Labour Law no. 4857 concerning the employer's being unable to terminate any kind of employment or service contract for a period of three months have been extended by one month. The practice of the employer placing employees on partial or full unpaid leave for a period of three months has also been extended by one month.”

Decision No: 2706
Decision No: 2707