📝 Definition and the written requirement
"An apprenticeship and training contract is one by which the employer commits to qualifying or training a person to prepare them for a specific profession." It must be "in writing, specifying the profession being trained for, the training duration and its successive stages, and the reward given to the trainee at each stage — which may in no case be based on piece-rate or production."
Your reward as a trainee may not be tied to production quantity or piece-rate — it must be a fixed amount for each training stage.
🚪 Ending the contract during training
"The employer may end the apprenticeship or training contract if they perceive the trainee's inability or incapacity to complete the training program beneficially, and the trainee or their guardian has the same right. The party wishing to end the contract must notify the other party at least one week in advance."
⏳ The post-training work obligation
"The employer may require the trainee to work for them after the training period ends, for a duration not exceeding double that period or one year, whichever is longer."
If you trained for 4 months, the employer may require you to work for them for up to a full year afterward (since one year is longer than double 4 months = 8 months) — but this must be explicitly stated, not automatically assumed.
🛡️ Your protections during training
"The provisions of this Law concerning annual leave, official holidays, maximum working hours, daily and weekly rest periods, occupational safety and health rules, and work injuries and their conditions apply to the apprenticeship and training contract."
- Labor Law — Article 45: definition of the apprenticeship and training contract
- Labor Law — Article 46: mandatory written conditions
- Labor Law — Article 48: termination and the post-training work obligation
- Labor Law — Article 49: protection during training