期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research
电子版ISSN：2149-5939
出版年度：2017
卷号：3,2
页码：573-582
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出版社：Mahmut Demir
摘要：Those who work in the agricultural sector have various risks and even higher risks than other sectors due to its production circumstances. These risks result from different factors that are specific to agriculture. Some of these factors are: agriculture depends on natural conditions, the importance of seasonality, the density of unpaid family workforce, low education level, and the instability of income. Therefore, social security becomes more important for agricultural sector and those who work in this sector though it is vital for everyone. Agricultural sector workers are the last group that social security system tries to integrate in Turkey. There are high risks in some jobs in agricultural production and these risky jobs are classified under the highest risk group jobs. Thus, all measures of occupational health and safety are important as well as vital for agriculture. Act No 6331 on Occupational Health and Safety, which has come into force in 2012, involves all sectors with one and/or more workers. As a result, agriculture, forestry and aquaculture sectors, which are intermingled, have been also addressed. However, there are serious difficulties and obstacles to implement this law in the agricultural sector. The main reasons for these implementation problems are related to informal employment, and high level of women and children workforce. According to 2015 statistics 80,9 % of the agricultural workers are informally employed. It is 69,7% for male workers while it increases up to 95% for female workers. The level of informal employment drops to 21% in other sectors. This fact reveals that agricultural workers stay out of the social security system and deprived of occupational health and safety. “Act No 6331 on Occupational Health and Safety” does not make impacts on agricultural working conditions.
