Portage in Türkiye : The solution to get started

September 25, 2024

Portage in Türkiye : The solution to get started

Advantis Conseils

When a company decides to expand into a new market or wishes to understand and evaluate its opportunities before committing to a permanent establishment, using employment services in Türkiye can prove to be a highly effective solution that remains largely unknown or misunderstood.


Flexibility, cost savings, rapid expansion, and increased visibility are among the benefits of employment services, allowing you to enter a market without investing in infrastructure and without facing administrative constraints while testing your development potential with minimal risk.


The Turkish market offers many advantages that will facilitate your success within an employment strategy: qualified and competitive workforce, diversified domestic demand, and quick access to a strategic regional market.



Definition


Employment Services allow a company to hire an employee dedicated 100% to its activities through the services of a local expert third-party structure, such as Advantis in Türkiye. This solution is optimal for initiating activities, strengthening development, or boosting your network in the Turkish market without investing in infrastructure. It combines flexibility and budget control, with only salary costs and operational expenses related to the employee's activities.



How it Works


Once your collaborator is identified, Advantis can directly hire them under employment services or handle recruitment upstream for any technical and/or commercial functions, with full management of the process. Advantis can also manage work permits/residence permits for foreign employees and handle Schengen visa applications for Turkish employees.


Legally, employment services establish a tripartite contractual relationship: the company needing an employee in the Turkish market, the employed worker, and the local employment services entity like Advantis, which becomes the Employer of Record (EoR). The hired employee, whether Turkish or foreign, is declared and employed by the employment services provider and carries out their mission 100% on behalf of the company, which is their operational employer. The ordering company is invoiced for the gross salary and operational expenses of the employee (travel and other technical expenses related to their mission), advanced either by the employee themselves or by the employment services provider handling administrative, social, and legal obligations.


> The company maintains full control over its salary costs, budgeted over 12 months.

> The company finances only the salary charge and the service provided by the employment services company.

> Advantis is the official employer and manages all fiscal, accounting, legal declarations of the employed worker.



Advantages


Penetrating the Turkish market by investing solely in human resources with collaborators who know the country's culture and language will be an optimal cost-effective solution that allows you to quickly initiate your activities and be closer to your clients and/or suppliers.


1. You can rapidly develop your business while limiting risks and without investing in creating an entity.

A way to test the market and start your activities before potentially establishing a company.


2. You control your budget without the risk of surprises.

The annual cost of the employee is determined from the outset; Advantis finances by advancing the monthly operating expenses of the employee.


3. You are relieved of all administrative constraints.

Legal contracts and all administrative formalities are managed by Advantis.


4. You hire an employee under Turkish local law.

Working conditions in Türkiye remain flexible, and the salary cost is very competitive.


5. You recruit an expert, Turkish or foreign, who is immediately operational.

The employee perfectly masters the sector concerned and brings their knowledge of the local market.


6. You have access to a versatile and qualified talent pool.

Competent workforce with high-level expertise.


7. You benefit from our back-office support.

The employed worker is assisted by Advantis in organizing their travel and related logistics.


8. You penetrate a strategic regional hub.

Türkiye provides access to a significant regional market.


> This can be a transitional phase for your establishment in Türkiye. In the medium or long term, you will be able to approach the creation of a structure in the Turkish market more confidently based on the results of your activities and objectives.


> From recruiting your collaborator to establishing a structure in Türkiye, Advantis is present at every step and supports you towards complete autonomy in your business activities in the Turkish market.



Advantis's Unique Approach


  • We define together the ideal profile of your collaborator and manage the recruitment process from start to finish.


  • We optimize your costs and time by fully managing the legal and social obligations of the employed worker (employment contract drafting, payroll, social protection, insurance, tax, management of contract renewal or termination processes).


  • In the case of hiring a foreign employee, we handle the visa process in the country of departure and work permit through the Ministry of Labor, which serves as a residence permit.


  • Advantis's unique back-office support will provide comfort and privilege to your employee through the management and financing in advance of logistics for their national and international travel needs (internal/international flights, vehicle rental), accommodation (hotel booking), or IT tools (PC, smartphone, telephone line).




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