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Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331, 2012.

Turkey Current 2012

This law includes many new requirements to reduce risks to workers’ health and safety and additional reporting requirements for employers.

Issuer name

Ministry of Labor and Social Security

Government ministry

Other

More information

The reporting requirements mainly pertain to recording and notifying of occupational accidents and diseases (Article 14) and safety report or serious accident prevention policy document (article 29 ), non-compliance with these disclosures do institute measures of punishment/ fines.

Organizations covered by the instrument

All Companies

Industry scope

All/none specified

Industry scope notes

applies to all kinds of companies, but enterpreneurs have different hazard class

Disclosure venue

health and safety reports

ESG coverage- S (Social)

Employment Conditions, Policies and Practices, Human Rights

Status

Current

Country

Turkey

Region

Asia Pacific

Date of publication

2012

Issuer type

Governments (governmental department, agency)

Reporting requirements

Public law and regulation

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

The geographical scope

National/federal

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