The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Occupational Health and Safety Services to be Provided by the Employer or the Employer’s Representative in Workplaces (“Regulation”), which contains important amendments regarding the occupational health and safety services and training processes of employers and employer representatives, was published in the Official Gazette dated March 5, 2025 and numbered 32832 and entered into force as of the date of publication.
Within the scope of the Regulation:
Employers and employer representatives are now allowed to carry out the duties assigned to occupational safety specialists or workplace physicians (excluding pre-employment and periodic examinations and tests) without the requirement to appoint an occupational safety specialist or workplace physician, provided that they complete the Training on the Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Services for Employers or Employer Representatives. The requirement to pass an exam has been removed, and completing the training is now considered sufficient.
For an employer who has fewer than fifty employees and operates in the low-risk category to open a separate workplace, or for an employer representative to manage occupational health and safety services at a new workplace after the termination of an employment contract and starting work at another workplace with fewer than fifty employees in the low-risk category, it is now sufficient for the employer or employer representative to complete the training to apply via İSG-KATİP (a web application). The requirement to pass an exam has been removed.
With the Employer or Employer Representative Training Completion Certificate on the Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Services, it was previously possible to manage the occupational health and safety services of only one workplace. However, with the amendment introduced by this Regulation;
Employers with a Certificate of Completion of Employer or Employer Representative Training on the Execution of Occupational Health and Safety Services;
- They can now undertake the occupational health and safety services of multiple workplaces within the same province, provided that the total number of employees is less than 50 and the workplaces are in the low-risk category.
Employer’s representatives who have a Certificate of Completion of Employer or Employer Representative Training on the Execution of Occupational Health and Safety Services;
- They can undertake occupational health and safety services for only one workplace where they work with a full-time service contract
Under the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles for Occupational Health and Safety Training for Employees, the occupational health and safety training to be provided to employees can now be given by employers or employer representatives who have completed the training outlined in the Regulation. The requirement to pass an exam has been removed.
While the health reports required under the Law were obtained from workplace physicians, public health service providers or family physicians; with this Regulation; Employee Health Center (ÇAŞMER), family physicians or other public health service providers can also be obtained for workplaces with less than 50 employees and less dangerous workplaces.
While the protocol made with the Ministry for the trainings in the Regulation was made by universities that are competent in providing education with the open education system and have examination centers, offices and academic counseling services in every province, with the regulation realized with this Regulation, it can be made by all universities, public institutions and organizations, professional organizations in the nature of public institutions or employee and employer organizations.
“Certificate of Completion of Employer or Employer Representative Training on the Execution of Occupational Health and Safety Services” is issued for the candidates who have completed the training by the institutions and organizations that make a protocol with the Ministry and provide training within this framework, and these institutions and organizations notify the Directorate General of these persons.
As of the date this provision entered the Regulation (March 5, 2025), candidates who have completed the training organized by institutions and organizations that have signed a protocol with the Ministry and provided training within this framework, and who have received the “Right to Participate in the Employer or Employer Representative Exam for the Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Services” certificate, may apply by December 31, 2025, and will be issued the “Certificate of Completion of Employer or Employer Representative Training on the Execution of Occupational Health and Safety Services” by the Directorate-General
You can access the full text of the Regulation at https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2025/03/20250305-11.htm.
Best Regards,
Balay, Eryiğit & Erten
