Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Adalet Yayınevi, Ankara, 2025
Climate change is a crisis caused by human activities that deepens existing inequalities.
The climate crisis leads to labor migration, job losses,
and occupational safety and health (OSH) risks due to extreme weather events and the necessity of transitioning to a carbon-neutral economy
. While some countries have acknowledged the effects of climate change on OSH and have made regulations accordingly,
our legislation has yet to develop an OSH approach
related to the link between risks and climate change.
In the face of climate change,
the protection of employment relationships and workers, occupational health and safety law, labor law
and social security law require an awareness of the climate crisis
and regulations in line with this awareness.
In occupational health and safety law, the inclusion of rights/obligations that combine the objectives of protecting workers and protecting the environment (workers' environmental rights/employers' environmental obligations), while remaining faithful to the current structure of OSH legislation,
the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals based on reorganization linked to green transformation, within the scope of the principle of last resort, and the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals based on reorganization linked to green transformation, within the scope of the principle of last resort, and the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals based on reorganization linked to green transformation, within the scope of the principle of last resort, and the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals based on reorganization linked to green transformation, within the scope of the principle of last resort, and the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals based on reorganization linked to green transformation, within the scope of the principle of last resort, and the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals based on reorganization linked to green transformation, within the scope of the principle of last resort, and the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals based on reorganization linked to green transformation, within the scope of the principle of last resort, and the provision of green job training to workers in dismissals
structure, providing green job training to workers under the last resort principle in dismissals based on reorganization related to green transformation,
and providing green job training that goes beyond on-the-job training
provided by İŞKUR, granting early retirement to older insured persons whose employment contract has ended and who are unlikely to acquire a new profession
due to the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, or providing a transition allowance to those who are
no more than 5 years away from retirement, are among these regulations.
Just transition and sustainability are important concepts for the future of labor relations.
Fair transition and sustainability are important concepts for the future of labor relations. The transition to a carbon-neutral economy may bring job losses, but with fair transition policies implemented in the context of social security law, it is possible to retrain workers, create new job opportunities, and ensure that the cost of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy is not borne by workers.
Sustainability consists of three interdependent dimensions: economic, social, and environmental.
The three dimensions of sustainability are interdependent.
Sustainability is a long-term process that requires the participation of all stakeholders.
Sustainability consists of three interdependent dimensions: economic,
social, and environmental
. For sustainable labor relations and sustainable workplaces,
these three dimensions must be balanced. Environmental sustainability can be achieved by
reducing carbon emissions and adopting environmentally friendly practices in the workplace
.
Social sustainability can be achieved in workplaces where decent work exists and labor and social security law rules are effectively applied.
Labor law, thanks to its inherent economic and social dimensions, has significant potential to achieve sustainable workplaces and ultimately sustainable societies.
The effective use of these opportunities is possible by adding the environmental dimension to the aim of labor law to establish a balance between the economic and social dimensions.
From this point of view, the environmental dimension can be added to the aim of labor law to establish a balance between the economic and social dimensions.
The effective use of these opportunities is possible by adding the environmental dimension to the aim of labor law to establish a balance between the economic and social dimensions.
Based on this, labor law (and
social security law) tools can be used to reduce working hours, promote climate-friendly remote work, provide protection to workers who report/disclose violations of environmental legislation and greenwashing, and protect trade union activities.
friendly remote work, providing protection to employees who report/disclose violations of environmental legislation
and greenwashing, including the fight against climate change in the agenda of union
activities, including green provisions in collective bargaining
agreements, and using environmental bonus-malus
social insurance premium incentives to combat climate change
can be used as effective tools.