Based on the instructions sent by the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare to the provincial administrations on October 19 this year, the labor unions were obliged to hold a meeting to resolve the dispute between the worker and the employer.
According to Tin News, this instruction was issued according to the country’s labor law regarding direct compromise between employers, workers or trainees or their representatives in the Islamic Labor Council, workers’ trade unions, representatives of workshop workers before filing a lawsuit in labor dispute resolution authorities.
In the first article of this directive, which contains 14 articles, it is stated that in the event of a dispute between a worker, intern, and employer, and if no direct compromise is reached between the parties, the aforementioned persons are required to submit their request for a compromise to the labor organization based in the workshop (Islamic Labor Council, Workers’ Union, Workers’ Representative) before filing a lawsuit in the labor dispute resolution authorities in the implementation of Article 57 of the Labor Law.
In the workshops where the labor organization is not formed, upon the request of the beneficiary, the labor dispute resolution authorities handle the dispute.
In Article 2 of this directive, it is emphasized that resolving the dispute through conciliation requires submitting a written request to the labor organization based in the workshop.
Article 3 of this directive states that the labor organization based in the workshop is obliged to organize a conciliation meeting within a maximum of five working days from the date of receipt of the request.
It is also stated in Article 4: The labor organization based in the workshop invites the employer, worker or intern in writing to participate in the conciliation meeting.