Founded in 1962, The Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK) is the sole umbrella organization representing Turkish employers in over 40 national institutions and in 8 international body in the field of industrial relations.

TISK embodies 21 member employers’ association whose member companies are employing 2 million people. TISK ecosystem contributes to the Turkish economy with 25 % of the GDP share together with an export volume of 100 billion USD. TİSK ecosystem represents 109 of top 500 and 7 of top 10 industrial enterprises in Turkey.

Representing employers’ interests within the Turkish working life as an important NGO and social partner, the confederation is one of the leading actors in the formulation of social and labour policies.

TİSK’s Vision and its Transformation
Embracing the Future of Work issue, which is on the top priority agenda of the World, the confederation mobilized tripartite mechanisms in order to shape the future of working life in Turkey.

Since the working life under transformation and digitalization entails New Generation Unionism, TİSK has started to lead and develop social projects so that the unions in our country become institutions that serve not only its worker or employer constituents, but also the society and the individuals.

Our Confederation shapes the working life with roadmaps and projects that are in line with the requirements of the digital age, embracing stakeholders and based on labour peace. Joint Dialogue Forum (JDF) emerged as a cornerstone of social dialogue processes where government, workers and employers organizations are convened to take joint actions for the issues in Turkish working life.

Organized for the first time in 2019 with a social benefit understanding, the 1st JDF identified Environment, Elderly, People with Disabilities, Women and Children as its main topics. The decisions taken in the joint working groups gathered under these topics were announced in the final declaration. A special session on occupational health and safety was also held within the scope of the forum. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, former Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services, Chairpersons of Türk-İş, Hak-İş, DİSK, and workers and employers' unions came together in this forum for the first time.

Organized for the second time in 2020 under pandemic restrictions, the JDF covered topics such as Industry-Oriented Workforce Transformation, Women's Future in the Future of Our Work and Digital Transformation in New Generation Unionism. With the Together Possible Turkey slogan and the main theme of Future of Work, the JDF broke new ground by using augmented reality technology for the first time in a digital forum in the world. The event was awarded in the Use of Technology/Use of Digital Technology category at the Best Event Awards with the use of augmented reality technology, in the Virtual Event/Virtual Event category at the 11th Global Eventex Awards, and finally in the Association Meeting category at the Stevie Awards.

JDF 2021 convened triple pillars of working life through participation of Minister of Labor and Social Security Prof. Dr. Mr. Vedat Bilgin, President of Türk-İş Mr. Ergün Atalay and Hak-İş President Mr. Mahmut Arslan. Distinguished representatives of international organizations of working life also joined the forum as it was in previous years. The forum focused on the Youth, Women and Formal Employment in Future of Work. In addition to that, it was held as carbon neutral and completed without harming the nature.

This year, OPF 2022 will be held on 13th of October. It will focus on “sustainability” in business life. Measures to be taken against the climate crisis, how to prepare our industry for a comprehensive transformation process with all its sectors and the twin transformation will be discussed in depth. Also, the issues of how to manage the effects of twin transformation on working life and how to prepare for green jobs will be held. As in the previous year, the Forum will be completed as carbon neutral without harming nature.