{"id":16502,"date":"2023-01-16T11:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T10:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azkangroup.com\/?p=16502"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:53:53","slug":"what-are-the-subcontracting-practices-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azkangroup.com\/what-are-the-subcontracting-practices-in-turkey","title":{"rendered":"What are the subcontracting practices in Turkey ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Subcontracting occurs in workplaces in Turkey for cost reduction, outsourcing the work to specialists and similar purposes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. The concept of subcontracting in General<\/strong> in Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Article 2 of the law, the relationship between the primary employer and the subcontractor is defined as the relationship established between an employer and the other employer who receives work from an employer in auxiliary works related to the production of goods and services carried out in the workplace or in a part of the main work in the workplace that requires specialization for technological reasons due to the necessity of the business and work and employs the workers assigned for this work only in this workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sub-employer, on the other hand, is defined in the subcontracting regulation in Turkey in parallel with the definition of the relationship as a real or legal person or institutions and organisations without legal personality who take work from an employer in auxiliary works related to the production of goods and services carried out in the workplace or in a part of the main work that requires expertise due to the necessity of the business and work and technological reasons, and employ the workers assigned for this work only in this workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The responsibility in between is adopted as a joint and several responsibility by stipulating that the primary employer shall be liable together with the sub-employer for the obligations arising from the labour law, the employment contract or the employment contract to which the sub-employer is a party in relation to that workplace against the employees of the sub-employer. Accordingly, the employee may also apply directly to the primary employer regarding the unfulfilled obligations arising from the labour law, employment contract or collective labour agreement or unpaid rights (notice and severance indemnities, annual leave, wages, overtime wages, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, since the labour receivables are in question, it is necessary to reveal how the assertion of the statute of limitations defence and the waiver of the lawsuit or right affect the said liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accordingly, if the statute of limitations defence is in question, since the relationship between the two employers is similar to the principal debtor\/guarantor relationship regulated in Article 155 of the Turkish Code of Obligations, both the sub-employer and the primary employer will benefit from the statute of limitations defence asserted by the primary employer, since the sub-employer is perceived as the principal debtor and the primary employer as the guarantor against the workers’ receivables. Thus, it is ensured that the responsibility of the primary employer does not exceed the responsibility of the sub-employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other issue is the waiver of the lawsuit or right. In the principal-employer-sub-employer relationship, although the sub-employer has full liability, the waiver of the lawsuit against the sub-employer, who is the main debtor, will also affect the primary employer, since the guarantee obligation arising from the law, including the recourse authority of the primary employer, is in question. However, the waiver of the lawsuit against the primary employer will not result in the waiver of the lawsuit against the sub-employer. If there is a waiver of the right, this will affect both employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the above-mentioned definition, the responsibility of the primary employer towards the employees of the sub-employer will arise in the following cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n