An Institution Switched to the Practice of Working 40 Hours a Week

Municipality and DİSK General Labor Union in Mezitli district of Mersin, “Happy Mezitli Company” signed an additional protocol to the collective bargaining agreement covering the employees who continue their activities within the company. With this protocol, the weekly working hours of employees 45 hours to 40 hours While it was coming down, financial improvements were also made.

While the contract ceremony between Mezitli Municipality and DİSK General Labor Union was held in the council hall of the municipality, the contract was signed. until July 4th stated to be valid. It was stated that the contract provided improvements in bonuses, holiday aid, food aid and similar rights.

Valid until July 4th

Making a statement regarding the issue, Mezitli Mayor Neşet Tarhan, “I would like to underline that the contract we will sign today is the ‘Additional Protocol’. In this additional protocol, we have determined the highest limit of the 40 percent quota determined by the government, together with our union managers. We support our staff at certain times. We provided clothing aid. In addition, on New Year’s Eve, without anyone knowing, we have determined the highest limit of the 40 percent quota set by the government. We made a payment of 1,000 TL. With the additional protocol we made, we received a bonus of 12 per year. 36 per day We took it out. We increased the food allowance from 70 TL per day to 200 TL. Just pay for food For 3 thousand 400 TL We have upgraded it. We increased the Ramadan Feast bonus from 400 TL to 2 thousand TL. We also increased the Eid al-Adha bonus from 600 TL to 3 thousand TL. We have also improved some of the rights of our workers. “I wish you good luck in advance.” he said.

DİSK General Business Mersin Branch President Kemal Göksoy whereas “We have collective bargaining agreements at certain periods. So far, we have signed very good collective labor agreements with our Mezitli Municipality. We reduced the working time from 45 hours to 40 hours. We signed a collective labor agreement with very good conditions throughout Turkey with our Mezitli Municipality. We decided to sign our contract with our municipality with a new additional protocol. We will improve our rights with the additional protocol. There is a limit set by the government on the numbers we set. Income of municipalities 40 percent You can’t spend it on personnel. We cannot exceed this quota. This needs to be understood very well. “I hope that this protocol we have already signed will be beneficial to our workers, and I would like to thank everyone who contributed.” He made a statement as follows.