As known, short time work can be applied in cases where the working time in the workplace is reduced by at least 1/3 due to general economic, sectoral, regional crisis and challenging reasons or the activity is stopped for at least four weeks. Employees who meet the necessary conditions in the event of short time work are paid a short-time working allowance up to 3 months for periods of absence.
During the pandemic period, many workplaces made a request to benefit from the short-time working allowance and continue to benefit from their demands. The duration of the specified short-time working allowance has been extended for one month, without the need for a new application, for the same employees who have previously benefited from short-time working and on condition that they do not exceed the same conditions and this issue was announced to the public with the Additional Decision of the Presidential Decree dated 29.06.2020.
After this extension, the “Additional Decision of the Presidential Decree No. 2915 dated 30.08.2020” regarding the extension of the short-time working allowance was published in the Official Gazette dated 31 August 2020 and in accordance with this decision, the duration of the short-time working allowance has been extended for two more months within the framework of the same principles and starting after the extended one-month period, for the workplaces that have applied for short-time work until 30.06.2020 (including this date).
During the ongoing process, the “Supplementary Decision of the Presidential Decree dated 26.10.2020 and numbered 3134” was published in the Official Gazette dated 27.10.2020 and numbered 31287 regarding the extension of the short-time working allowance for workplaces where short-time work is applied and it was decided to extend the short work allowance for two months.
In the following period, "Supplementary Decision of the Presidential Decree dated 22.12.2020 and numbered 3317” was published in the Official Gazette dated 23.12.2020, numbered 31343. In accordance with this decision, the period of short time working allowance for the workplaces that applied for this practice until 31.12.2020 (including this date) has been extended until the date of 28.02.2021 for two months as starting from the end of the period extended with the Presidential decision dated 26.10.2020 and numbered 3134.
In the same way, “Supplementary Decision of the Presidential Decree dated 18.02.2021 and numbered 3556” has been published in the Official Gazette dated 19.02.2021 and numbered 31400. In line with the decision, the period of short-time working allowance for the workplaces that have applied for this practice until 31.01.2021 (including this date), has been extended until 31.03.2021 as starting from the end of the two-month period extended by the Presidential Decree numbered 3317 and in the explanations made, it is stated that this extension was the last extension for this practice.
However, in this process where the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic still continues, the “Supplementary Decision of the Presidential Decree dated 22.04.2021 numbered 3910” has been published in the Official Gazette dated 23.04.2021 and numbered 31463. With this decision, the duration of the short-time working allowance for the workplaces that have applied for short-time working until 31.01.2021 (including this date) has been extended until 30.06.2021 as starting from the end of the period extended by the Presidential Decree dated 18.02.2021 numbered 3556. This decision entered into force as of 01.04.2021 on the date of its publication.