An informative meeting was held at the ISO on the field work carried out within the scope of the Reducing Unregistered Employment Project under the coordination of Ankara Chamber of Industry and in partnership with Istanbul Chamber of Industry and Adana Chamber of Industry.

 Under the coordination of Ankara Chamber of Industry (ASO), in partnership with Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) and Adana Chamber of Industry (ASO), an information meeting was held at ISO with the participation of relevant NGOs in the light of the data collected on the field work within the scope of the Project on Reducing Unregistered Employment.  

 Speaking at the meeting, Project Field Coordinator Dr. Yüksel Vardar stated that the project aims to develop solutions to combat unregistered employment by raising employee and employer awareness and that their slogan is "benefit to the employee, benefit to the employer".

 Vardar noted that in the field study where labor force surveys were conducted in Ankara, Istanbul and Adana, textile and apparel, food and plastics sectors, metal sectors in Ankara, machinery sectors in Istanbul and forestry products sectors in Adana were addressed. Pointing out that unregistered employment leads to unfair competition, Vardar said that the burden of insurance and tax burden is difficult for businesses and that the burden of employment is heavy. Vardar stated that Syrians under temporary protection also stand out as a factor that increases unregistered employment. Speaking at the meeting where Civil Society Organizations also expressed their views


 OTİAD President Karataş: Education Problem Must Be Solved First

 İlker Karataş, President of Osmanbey Textile Businessmen Association (OTİAD), expressed his views under three headings: "Although high taxes come to the forefront on the basis of informal employment, the most important problem is lack of education. Another problem is the inability of businesses to create an institutional structure and the lack of an audit mechanism. As OTİAD, we attach great importance to the training of our members; we organize continuous training seminars for this purpose. These trainings should be supported by roof organizations and they should contribute to raising awareness of our companies."

 Other representatives who attended the meeting also stated that radical decisions should be taken against unregistered employment, and that vocational qualification certificates, institutionalization, supervision, unionization and awareness would reduce this problem.