Stay 100% Compliant with Turkish Labor Law
proShift automatically flags every İş Kanunu violation before you publish a single shift. No legal expertise required — just build your schedule, and we'll handle the rest.
Key Regulations proShift Enforces
Max 45 Hours Per Week
Weekly working time cannot exceed 45 hours. This limit is distributed across the working days of the week unless otherwise agreed.
Mandatory Break Rules
Shifts of 4–7.5 hours require a 15-minute break. Shifts above 7.5 hours require a 1-hour break. Breaks are not counted as working time.
Overtime Tracking
Overtime cannot exceed 270 hours per year. Each overtime hour must be compensated at 1.5× the regular hourly rate unless a compensatory rest arrangement is in place.
Night Shift Limits
Night work (22:00–06:00) is limited to 7.5 hours per shift. Night workers are entitled to periodic health checks at employer expense.
How Compliance Works in proShift
Build Your Roster
Drag shifts onto the grid for each staff member across the week. No compliance rules needed — just fill the schedule.
Automatic Violation Detection
proShift checks every shift against 8 labor law rules in real time. Violations appear as amber warnings or red blocks with a one-line explanation.
Resolve and Publish
Address flagged violations or override with manager approval. Publish the clean schedule — staff are notified instantly.
What proShift Catches Automatically
Weekly hours exceeded — Any staff member's total scheduled hours exceeds the 45-hour weekly maximum.
Insufficient rest between shifts — Less than 11 consecutive hours between the end of one shift and the start of the next.
Night shift over 7.5 hours — A shift overlapping the 22:00–06:00 window runs longer than the legal 7.5-hour limit.
Annual overtime cap approaching — Staff member is within 30 hours of the 270-hour annual overtime cap.
Mandatory break not scheduled — A shift exceeds 4 hours without a break period assigned or noted in the roster.
Consecutive work days exceeded — Staff scheduled for more than 6 consecutive days without a rest day.
This page is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Labor law requirements may change, and individual circumstances vary. Always consult a qualified Turkish labor law professional for your specific situation. proShift's compliance features are designed to assist — not replace — legal counsel.
Frequently Asked Questions
proShift sums all shift hours within a Monday–Sunday calendar week by default. If your organization uses a different week boundary, you can configure the reference period in Settings → Compliance. Split shifts (e.g. morning + evening with a break) are each counted separately and their hours are summed.
Yes, on Professional and Business plans, managers can override amber (warning) violations with a written justification note that is stored in the compliance audit log. Red (critical) violations — such as exceeding the 45-hour limit — require Business plan or above to override and are always logged.
proShift includes Turkey's full public holiday calendar. Work assigned on a public holiday is automatically flagged for 2× pay in the payroll export and counted toward the overtime tracker. You can add regional or company-specific holidays in Settings → Calendar.
Turkish labor law does not prescribe a specific minimum notice period for schedule changes outside of collective agreements. proShift sends instant push notifications on any change and logs a change history. We recommend a 48-hour minimum as a best practice, which you can configure as a soft warning in Settings → Compliance.
Yes. Under Article 63, an employer can distribute the 45-hour weekly limit unevenly — up to 11 hours per day — over a 2-month period (extendable to 4 months by collective agreement). Enable Compressed Work Week mode in Settings → Compliance, set the reference period, and proShift will track the average against the legal ceiling.
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