Published February 22,2023
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Türkiye has launched a brief wage help scheme and banned layoffs in 10 cities on Wednesday to guard employees and companies from the monetary impression of the huge earthquakes that hit the south of the nation earlier this month.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6 killed greater than 47,000 individuals, broken or destroyed lots of of hundreds of buildings in Türkiye and Syria and left thousands and thousands homeless.
In Türkiye, 865,000 persons are dwelling in tents and 23,500 in containers, whereas 376,000 are in pupil dormitories and public guesthouses exterior the earthquake zone, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Tuesday.
Under Ankara’s new financial aid plan , employers whose workplaces have been “heavily or moderately damaged” would profit from help to partially cowl wages of employees whose hours had been lower, the nation’s Official Gazette stated on Wednesday.
A ban on layoffs was additionally launched in 10 earthquake-hit provinces coated by a state of emergency.
Six individuals have been killed within the newest earthquake to strike the border area of Türkiye and Syria, authorities stated on Tuesday.
It was adopted by 90 aftershocks, Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) stated, including contemporary trauma to Antakya residents left homeless by the earlier earthquake.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
