Turkey will extend the three-month ban on layoffs that was imposed in April for three more months, Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk said Wednesday, in a move to offset shuttered businesses and unemployment as the country reopened its economy this month in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
The country, meanwhile, will deactivate a temporary pay system used over the past three months to top up workers’ lost wages, the labor minister said.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) Editorial Desk, Selçuk said 400,000 people had left the short-term work allowance system in the past 10 days. She said the system could be replaced by other incentives instead.
More than 3.5 million have benefited from the system, data from the ministry shows.
