Precedent decision from the Supreme Court about the worker whose salary was reduced

The Supreme Court made a precedent decision upon the application of a worker whose place of duty was changed and his salary was reduced.

A worker who was sent to another company 400 kilometers away from his first place of employment and then was assigned to a different city and whose salary was reduced, took the matter to court.

The incident took place in Bursa. A worker was assigned to another location 400 kilometers away from his workplace.

After a while, the wage received by the worker assigned to another workplace 600 kilometers away was also reduced. Thereupon, the worker applied to the Labor Court and requested his reinstatement.

The worker, who returned to his former position by court decision, was appointed to an enterprise in another city by the decision of the Human Resources Department, three months after starting his duty.

The worker appealed to the judiciary for the second time and argued that the transfer was unlawful. The worker requested reinstatement to his former position and an interim injunction to stop the change in working conditions.

The defendant company's lawyer argued that the transfer process was an administrative procedure and that the case fell within the jurisdiction of the administrative courts.

He also claimed that the appointment was an operational decision and that the court could not control the appropriateness of this decision.