Turkey extends short-labor pay benefit until June 2021

Picture shows Turkish Cypriot flags and the inscription "The joy of being Turkish" (L) painted on stones on the Kyrenia range of mountains in the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus over a skyline of the divided old city of Nicosia 26 July 2001. (File/AFP)

• The presidential decision was announced in the country’s Official Gazette on Wednesday

ISTANBUL: Turkey has extended the short-labor pay benefit, a system that provides additional wages to employees whose hours are cut short, by until the end of June 2021 to respond to the impact of the coronavirus.
The presidential decision was announced in the country’s Official Gazette on Wednesday. The short-labor pay support was due to expire on Dec. 31.