{"id":16670,"date":"2023-03-10T09:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T08:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azkangroup.com\/?p=16670"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:49:50","slug":"night-shift-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azkangroup.com\/night-shift-in-turkey","title":{"rendered":"Night shift in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Article 69 of the Labour Law No. 4857, which regulates night<\/a> shift in Turkey, contains a number of provisions on worker shifts, and Article 76 stipulates the issuance of a regulation on this subject. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The said regulation was published in the Official Gazette dated 07.04.2004 and numbered 25426 under the name of “Regulation on Special Procedures and Principles Regarding the Work carried out by Employing Workers in Shifts” and entered into force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Article 4, the following principles must be observed in the determination and sequencing of shifts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the works carried out by employing workers in successive posts without stopping due to their continuous nature, the number of posts shall be arranged so as to employ at least three shifts of workers within a 24-hour period. This is the general rule. However, in tourism, private security and health services, the arrangement may be made in such a way that there are two shifts in 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other works other than the above-mentioned cases and which are carried out with worker shifts, the number of worker shifts to be worked within a 24-hour period shall be arranged in such a way that the working time<\/a> of each worker shift does not exceed the daily working time specified in the working hours regulation regarding the labour law stipulated in the third paragraph of Article 63 of the Labour Law No. 4857.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of worker posts in jobs that require 7.5 hours or less of work per day in terms of health rules, the working time of each shift shall be arranged so as not to exceed the daily working hours specified in the regulation stipulated in the last paragraph of Article 63 of the Labour Law No. 4857.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the regulation of the number of worker shifts, the provisions of Article 6 of Law No. 79 and Article 43 of the Labour Law shall be taken into consideration. These two provisions cover matters relating to extraordinary overtime work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the shifts to be determined in this way, the obligation of announcement has been introduced in Article 3 and Article 12 of the regulation. Accordingly, the employer or the employer’s representatives are obliged to organise the number of shifts, the starting and finishing times of each shift, the names and surnames of the workers, the intermediate rest periods, the week holidays and the related changes, and to announce them in the workplace in a way that the workers can easily see and read, and to keep the lists containing the names and surnames of the workers working in each shift at the workplace to be submitted to the Ministry upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sequencing of shifts and changeover times are regulated in Article 69 of the Law and Article 8 of the Regulation. In workplaces that operate day and night and employ rotating shifts of workers, shifts shall be organised in such a way that workers who work at night for a maximum of one week shall work during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, according to Article 69 of the Labour Law No. 4857, the employer shall, to the extent possible, give the worker who certifies with a report that his\/her health has deteriorated due to night shift in Turkey, work suitable for his\/her condition in the day shift. Depending on the nature of the work, occupational health and safety, the principle of two-week rotation in day and night shifts may also be applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In accordance with the above explanations, after the determination of the worker shifts, it is necessary to take into account some special regulations about the workers who will work in shifts. These regulations are included in Article 69 of the law and the provisions of the regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When working in shifts, the shifts must be lined up. If there are three shifts at the workplace, the worker will work in the first shift in the first week, in the second shift in the following week and in the third shift in the last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another issue to be considered in shift work is the organisation of the work done during the night shift period in Turkey. In accordance with Articles 5 and 7 of the Regulation, the following arrangements must be made in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n