Unfair Dismissal in Turkish Employment Law

Job satisfaction, flexible employment and job security among Turkish service sector workers

“…Although the literature shows mixed results or no associations between flexible employment and job satisfaction, noting that the recently relaxed legislative environment allows employers flexibility to create fixed-term contracts, extended work weeks and on-call jobs (Bakırcı, 2004;Özdemir and Yücesan-Özdemir, 2006), and acknowledging that stability at work is important for Turkish workers' job satisfaction (Tangian, 2007), we hypothesize that:…”

“…First, as the 15th largest economy in the world (Government of Turkey, 2010) and an increasingly competitive country in the global economy (Vos, 2008), employment issues in Turkey should be important for the international academic and practitioner audience. Second, with a large percentage of young working-age population (TurkStat, 2009), a high and persistent unemployment rate (Burchell, 2009;Nichols and Sugur, 2004;TurkStat, 2009) and flexibility supported in the labour legislation (Bakırcı, 2004;Özdemir and Yücesan-Özdemir, 2006), those in the labour market are concerned about their job security (Blanchflower and Lawton, 2009;Tangian, 2007). Workers' attitudes, particularly after the introduction of flexibility in labour legislation, have not been studied (Gundogan, 2009).…”

Gender Equality in Employment in Turkish Legislation with Comparisons to EU and International Law

“…On the other hand, within the EA there is a lack of equality between women workers themselves. Women who cannot benefit from the provisions with regard to job security in the EA are disadvantaged compared to those who are covered by these provisions (Bakirci, 2004(Bakirci, , 2006b. This is clearly discriminatory (for an English-language article on the historical development of Turkish labor law, see Sur, 2009; for an English-language article on the position of women in the labor market in the development process of Turkey, see Ozar, 1994).…”

“…However, the disadvantage of filing a suit based on abusive dismissal is that the burden of proof rests on the employee. On the other hand, the burden of proof on the employee is lighter in claims of discriminatory dismissal (Bakirci, 2004(Bakirci, , 2006b.…”

Toward a Theory of Reinstatement: Seven Motivations for Reinstatement as Relationship Repair

“…Bakirci 2004;Bamberger and Donahue 1999;Rodgers et al 1986). This dearth contrasts with the vast body of work examining why managers discipline (e.g., remove privileges) (Church 1963;Solomon 1964;Wheeler 1976), how managers discipline (Kulik 2004;Trevino and Weaver 1998), and how transgressors behave after being disciplined (Johnson 1985;Trice 1990).…”