According to  Labor Law no 4857, working time is 45 hours maximum weekly. In case of exceeding a total of 45 hours a week (except cases where the principle of balancing is applied in accordance with Article 63) should be accepted as overtime. For an employee who works overtime, wage for each hour of overtime shall be remunerated at one and a half times the normal hourly rate.

On the other hand, employees shall be paid a full day’s wage for the national and public holidays on which they have not worked. If employees work instead during the holidays, they shall be paid an additional full day’s wage for each day worked. These renumerations and amounts constitute the lower limits and different renumerations can be determined in the labor contract on condition that they will not be lower than these minimum limits.

The time devoted to this purpose should not be less than two hours daily and if the employee so requests such hours may be added together and taken at one time. But if the employee wishes to take these hours at one time, he must do so on the days immediately preceding the day on which his employment ceases.

Wages occupy a special place in labor law. Labor Law no 4857 Article 32 regulates the basics of wage that is considered to be an essential factor for an employee to sustain his life. In that context, the wage is defined as “the amount provided and paid in cash to a person by the employer or third persons in exchange for work.”

Gross minimum wage effective as of the beginning of first fiscal year for employees aged 16 or more and working in industrial section is 666 TL.

 The employee is married to a non-employed spouse and has 3 dependant children.