Positive discrimination is specified in the constitution and laws to provide privileges to female workers. It refers to female workers who have reached the age of 18, regardless of their marital status.

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As can be understood from the law, the rights granted to pregnant female workers are as follows: pregnant women have the right to a total of 16 weeks of maternity leave, 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after childbirth. In cases of multiple pregnancies, this leave is extended to 10 weeks before childbirth and 8 weeks after childbirth. The periods during which female workers are prohibited from working before and after childbirth, in accordance with Article 74 of Law No. 4857 Labor Law, are considered as if they had been worked for the calculation of annual leave rights. After completing the sixteen-week leave period before and after childbirth, unpaid leave of up to six months can be taken upon request. However, this period is not taken into account in the calculation of your annual paid leave entitlement. According to Article 9 of the Regulation on the Conditions for Employing Pregnant or Breastfeeding Women and Breastfeeding Rooms and Child Care Facilities, published in the Official Gazette dated 16.08.2013 and numbered 28737, pregnant or breastfeeding employees cannot be employed for more than seven and a half hours per day. Every employer is required by law to implement these rights granted to female workers. If desired, a female worker can extend part of the pre-childbirth leave period to the post-childbirth leave period with a medical report.