Mr. President of Turkey has attracted attention to the unemployment problem of the country and encouraged the businessmen to provide additional employment in the Economic Council, which has been held by the union of chambers and commodity exchanges of Turkey on January 21st, 2019.
The promotion activities carried out by our exchange were approved by the ministers and institutions responsible for the economy and were published in the Official Gazette and entered into force.
The Employment Campaign 2019 has been released to the public in the TOBB 9th Sectoral Economy Council, which has been held with the participation of the Minister of Finance Mr. Berat ALBAYRAK and the Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services, Mrs. Fatma Betül SAYAN on 25 February 2019
The government promotion, which was implemented with the slogan “EMPLOYMENT MOBILITY 2019”, have started to be implemented in the following titles and content.
1-SUPPORT TO WAGE FOR NEW EMPLOYMENT
Until the end of April, employers will receive subsidy support and tax support for each additional employment for 3 months, and the state will pay wages.
2-SUPPORT TO SSI SUBSIDY AND TAX FOR NEW EMPLOYMENT
Employers will not pay social security subsidy and taxes for 12 months until December 2020. This support will continue for 18 months in the employment of women, youth and disabled workers. A higher amount of subsidy support will be provided for employment in the manufacturing and IT sectors.
3-SHORT WORKING PAYMENT
The government pays the 3-month wages of the employees for the reduced time of the employers who have to temporarily reduce the working time of the workplace. In other words, the employers who have to lay off workers due to the short-term work take over the labor costs for 3 months. Applications will be made through İŞKUR.
4-MINIMUM WAGE SUPPORT
Throughout 2019, employers, who employ less than 500 employees, will receive a 150.-TL minimum wage per worker, and employers, who employing 500 and more than 500 workers, will receive monthly minimum wage support of 101.-TL.
5- CONTINUOUS SUPPORT TO REGULAR PAYMENT
Employers, who pay SGK Premiums regularly, will receive a 5-point discount.
6-ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT
In 51 provinces, where are with priority in development, it will be discounted a 6 point in addition to the 5 point discount of SSI premiums, which must be paid by the employer.
7- AT FIRST ON-THE-JOB-TRAINING LATER EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
On-the-Job Training Programs provide serious opportunities for employers and the unemployed.
. Trainees participating in On-the-Job Training Programs for 3 months
. For 6 months in manufacturing and IT sectors
. For 9 months in strategic areas such as Cyber, Security, Coding, Renewable Energy
Wage and insurance support will be provided by the Government.
Child care support of female participants, who have children between 2-5 ages, will also be provided by the government.
8-FULL SUPPORT FOR QUALIFIED LABOR TRAINING
Within the scope of the Vocational Training and Skill Development Cooperation Project (MRGİP), vocational training courses are held up to 8 months. The state covers the wages and insurance subsidy of the trainees.
Ziver KAHRAMAN
Ordu Commodity Exchange
Chairman of the Board