New legislation in Turkey to strengthen the link between social assistance and the labour market

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Since April 2016, a new law introduced mandatory registration for “employable” social assistance beneficiaries with the official employment agency. Three refusals of job or training programme offers will result in a rescinding of social assistance for a period of one year. The law also provides incentives to employers who hire social assistance beneficiaries.

Authors: Fikret Adaman and Burcay Erus

EU: EEAS: EU and Turkey https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/2335/turkey_en

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