ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN TURKEY: HAS TURKEY FOUND ITS JUSTE MILIEU?

Year 2007, Cilt 9 Özel Sayı, 75 - 114, 01.07.2007

Nurhan Süral

Abstract

ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN TURKEY: HAS TURKEY FOUND ITS JUSTE MILIEU?

Abstract

There are various initiatives to modernize labor laws to meet challenges
of the globalization of the economy. Our approaches to and expectations from
labor laws are changing drastically. Starting with 1980s, economic problems
have become the root of the revision of labor laws. How labor laws can
evolve to support national economic and employment objectives is the main
common problem. In too many studies on labor law, the language of
economics and statistics is “obscuring” the language of legal institutions.
There is more than ever the need of involvement of economists in the
introduction of labor reforms and revision of labor laws. Labor laws have to
support and enhance employment creation and development of “just-in-time
management.” To this end, the classical model of labor legislation designed to
protect the weaker party is transforming. There is now the emergence of new
debates such as employment creation through flexibility, corporate
governance, corporate social responsibility, and alternative dispute resolution.