Turkey revises rules for contract public-sector workers

Turkey has revised rules for contract public-sector workers, in a regulation published in the Official Gazette and signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The changes cover workers employed under Article 4 of the civil servants law, including sick leave and care leave.

Civil-servant discipline rules will also apply in comparable cases, and serious misconduct can lead to dismissal.

Workers must meet new deadlines to start a post, and failing required training or an internship can end their contract.

They will receive basic, introductory, internship and workplace training, though people already employed before the rules take effect are excluded from that new training provision.

The regulation also changes pay arrangements and says positions left vacant when workers move into civil-servant posts will be treated as cancelled.

It sets out new conditions for leave, discipline and employment, but the text does not specify a later implementation step.