16.01.2017 Ankara
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu spoke at the Service Point Protocol at İŞKUR, calling on all companies to take advantage of this opportunity, emphasizing that the government has put in place substantial support for employment.
The İŞKUR Service
Point Protocol, which will be established between the Ministry of Labor and
Social Security, the General Directorate of the Turkish Employment Agency
(İŞKUR) and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) with
the goal of opening İŞKUR Service Points in chambers and commodity exchanges,
was signed in Ankara. At the signing ceremony, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu,
Minister of Labor and Social Security. Mehmet Müezzinoğlu, İŞKUR General
Manager Mehmet Ali Özkan and 81 provincial İŞKUR provincial administrators
participated.
“The time has come to
normalize the economy and take concrete steps,” said the TOBB President, “It
has become even more important, especially in such a period, to do positive
work and to promote the health of the Turkish economy, both to our people and to
the world.”
To this end Hisarcıklıoğlu
reported that the TOBB Respite Credit aims to provide SMEs oppressed under the
interest rate pressure with access to finances with an annual interest rate of
9.9%.
-A new breakthrough in employment
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, TOBB and İŞKUR initiated a new
breakthrough in strengthening the employment-friendly growth of the Turkish
economy, Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that chambers and commodity exchanges will promote
and inform their employers about İŞKUR activities in 81 provinces and 160 counties.
“Our Chambers and Commodity Exchanges will become service points. Business and
career counselors of İŞKUR will work in our Chambers and Commodity Exchanges.
So we will have taken the service to the employer and the unemployed. The time
of seeking solutions from Ankara or headquarters will be over and time to
resolution will be dramatically shortened.” Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the
protocol they signed was related to this issue. The TOBB President said, “I
have a request of the SGK Provincial Directors. Provide guidance on employment
incentives for SMEs in the business community. Provide them with information
regarding employment incentives that they may benefit from but are not doing so.
This will enable our endeavors to bear fruit and aid the business community.”
- 3 good news for employment
Hisarcıklıoğlu, reporting
that the troubles in employment for the business community were conveyed to
both the Prime Minister and the Minister, stated that the pleas of the business
community are quickly taken into account and acted upon by the government.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The Prime Minister made an announcement on the 2nd
of December at the EKK, giving three good news for employment. SGK premiums to
be paid in December 2016 and January-February 2017 will be free of interest until
October-November-December 2017. The employers who will provide new employment
in the medium and high technology sectors will receive half of the minimum wage
for one year and up to 25 percent for the second year. 500,000 people will be
employed in the private sector with the İŞKUR programs, especially the On-Site Training
Program.
What should we do as
the business community? Invest more in the future of our country. I'm calling on
the whole business community. While our Government, Labor and Social Security
While our Ministry, İŞKUR and SGK, give the private sector so much support in
this way, it is up to us to reciprocate their efforts. And here I urgethe business
community, our members; I say, 'Provide employment for the future of Turkey'.
Provide this to the furthest extent possible. If your means are limited employ
one person, if possible ten or even a hundred.
İŞKUR is paying the
salary of the person you hire, paying for insurance. There is no cost to you.
Come, employ an unemployed brother, share your bread.”
- Minister of Labor and Social Security Müezzinoğlu
In his speech, Labor
and Social Security Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu said in regards to the
unemployment rate of October 2016, as announced by the Turkish Statistical
Institute (TUIK), “We must bring this to below 10% as soon as possible. If we
can’t strengthen the dynamics of the country, we can’t have confidence in ourselves.”
Müezzinoğlu
emphasized that they are aware of the difficulties in disability employment in
the “dangerous” and “very dangerous” classes. "We aim to address the
difficulties experienced in disability employment to different dimensions with
new projects because saying, ‘That’s the law, do whatever to conform or you
will be punished,’ is not a policy you can take very far.”
İŞKUR Deputy General
Manager Mehmet Ali Ozkan said that unemployment is one of the most important
problems of the world and that the solution to this problem can be achieved
with the cooperation of every sector of the society.