Özet:

ILO has accepted the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention in 1952. Convention No.102 as the fundamental social security Convention embodies an internationally accepted definition of the very principle of social security. According to the Convention 102, part IV,”Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure to the persons protected the provision of unemployment benefit in accordance with the following Articles of this Part”. In Turkey, unemployment insurance based on mandatory attendance and insurance technique was established as a branch of the social security system by the state with the Law of Unemployment Insurance, the law no. 4447, in 1999. According to the Law, the insurance is based on the compulsory contributions of employer, employee and the state. Unemployment benefits are paid to insured workers, who lost their jobs against their will. This paper investigates the evolution of unemployment insurance and  unemployment insurance programme is analyzed in the context of its coverage and the benefits it provides.

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