Maternity and Parental Leave Under Labor Law

Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: İstanbul Üniversitesi, Hukuk Fakültesi, Özel Hukuk Bölümü, Türkiye

Tez Danışmanı: Prof. Dr. Ömer Ekmekçi

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2017

Tezin Dili: Türkçe

Desteklendiği Program: Diğer

Özet:

As a result of the increase in women’s participation in the workforce, protection of

maternity became a more significant issue. Hence, it’s a constitutional obligation to

legally regulate the working conditions of women workers with the aim to protect the

family, which is the basis of society, and especially maternal and child health.

Therefore, positive chances have been introduced into the legislation in relation to the

scope of beneficiaries of maternity leave and thereby a right to half time leave has

lately been granted to workers giving birth or adoption. In today’s society, the family

structure in which both parents are working, has gained wide currency, the right of

parental leave, in other words the right of the transition from full time work to part

time work, is incorporated into the Turkish Labor Law for the first time, for the purpose

of responding to the need of introducing new regulations for workers with familial

duties. In this study, maternity and parental leave are examined in detail within the

scope of the Labor Law.