SGK Normalisation Support: Last Day 26 September

PREMIUM SUPPORT UNDER PROVISIONAL ARTICLE 26 OF LAW 4447:

1) With provisional Article 26 added to Unemployment Insurance Law No. 4447 by Law No. 7252, private sector workplaces where insured persons who benefited from short-time working allowance or cash wage support during the pandemic are employed have been given the opportunity to benefit from premium support if those insured persons return to their normal working hours.

2) With this regulation, private sector employers experiencing economic difficulties during the pandemic will be supported by reducing their social security costs, and the normalisation process will be accelerated.

3) In order to benefit from the premium support under provisional Article 26 of Law No. 4447,

         -insured persons benefiting from short-time working allowance at private sector workplaces that applied for short-time working before 1/7/2020 within the scope of provisional Article 23 of Law No. 4447 must have their short-time working at the workplace end and return to their normal weekly working hours at the same workplace,

         -cash wage support must have been used by applying before 1/7/2020 within the scope of provisional Article 24 of Law No. 4447, and the insured person benefiting from cash wage support must return to normal weekly working hours.

4) The support period is 3 months starting from the month following the date on which short-time working/cash wage support ended, not exceeding 31/12/2020, if insured persons who benefited from short-time working allowance or cash wage support due to coronavirus (Covid-19) return to their normal weekly working hours at the workplace.

5) The support will be used for three months, for each month;

         -for each insured person receiving short-time working allowance, as many days as the average monthly number of days for which they received short-time working allowance,

         -for each insured person benefiting from cash wage support, as many days as the average monthly number of days for which they received cash wage support.

6) The support amount is the full amount of employee and employer share premiums calculated on the lower limit of earnings subject to premium. The support amount is offset each month against all premiums these employers will pay to the Social Security Institution. The support is covered by the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

7) Applications for insured persons within the scope, in order to benefit from the support, will be made via the “Provisional Article 26 Support under Law No. 4447” menu on the “e-SGK/Employer/Employer System/Definition of Insured Persons to Benefit from Incentives” screens accessed by logging in at www.sgk.gov.tr.

 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question 1) Who can benefit from the premium support?

Answer ) Private sector employers employing insured persons who applied for short-time working/cash wage support before 1/7/2020, benefited from short-time working allowance/cash wage support and returned to their normal weekly working hours can benefit from the premium support under provisional Article 26 of Law No. 4447.

Question 2) What is the period for benefiting from the premium support?

Answer) The premium support will start from 1/8/2020 and be applied until 31/12/2020, for a period of three months from the month following the date on which short-time working/cash wage support ended. The support can be used, during the three-month period, each month for as many days as the average monthly number of days on which the insured person received short-time working allowance/cash wage support.

The duration of the premium support may be extended by our President by 6 months, separately by sector or as a whole.

Question 3) What is the amount of the premium support?

Answer) Within the scope of the premium support, the full employee and employer premium calculated on the lower limit of earnings subject to premium (minimum wage) for the insured person in respect of whom the support is used will be covered by the Unemployment Insurance Fund, to be offset against the employer's debts to our Institution.

If the average monthly number of days on which the insured person benefiting from the support received short-time working allowance/cash wage support is 30 days, the premium support amount will be 1.103,6 TL per month.

Question 4) What must the employer do to benefit from the premium support?

Answer) In order to benefit from the premium support, the employer can benefit from the premium support by defining the insured person within the scope of the support via e-SGK and selecting the relevant law number (07252), starting from the declaration for 2020/August, provided that the necessary conditions are also met. Apart from this, employers do not need to apply to the Provincial/Central Social Security Directorates.

Question 5) Is the premium support amount paid to the insured person?

Answer) The insured person cannot demand from the employer payment of the amount corresponding to the employee share provided within the scope of the premium support.

Question 6) Can other incentives be used for an insured person for whom the premium support under provisional Article 26 of Law No. 4447 is used?

Answer) Employers benefiting from the support under provisional Article 26 of Law No. 4447 cannot benefit, in the month in which this incentive is used, from other insurance premium reductions, incentives and supports provided in Law No. 5510 and other laws for the same insured person.

Question 7) What will be done regarding employers found to have unduly benefited from short-time working allowance/cash wage support?

Answer ) In the event that it is determined that short-time working applied at the workplace within the scope of provisional Article 23 of Law No. 4447 was unduly benefited from, or that the eligibility assessment for the short-time working application is negative, or that cash wage support was unduly benefited from within the scope of provisional Article 24 of the said Law, since the premium support under provisional Article 26 of Law No. 4447 will also be deemed to have been unduly benefited from, the unduly used support amounts will be collected from the employer together with late payment penalties and surcharges in accordance with Law No. 5510.

 

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Date Added :2020-09-25 02:18:00