Social Compliance Policy

At Uzer Makina, we believe in the power of sustainable development in everything we do, and we conduct our business activities accordingly. In this regard, we adopt a business model that is environmentally responsible, aligned with society, committed to ethical values, and economically sustainable.

The Uzer Makina Social Compliance Policy has been established, implemented, and maintained to reflect our ethical and social values toward our employees, customers, suppliers, and the individuals and organizations with which we do business, across the areas in which we operate.

Human Rights:

In accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights are inherent, inalienable, universal, indivisible, and interdependent. As Uzer Makina, we respect human rights, exercise due diligence to ensure they are respected, identify human rights-related risks, and take the necessary measures to prevent them.

Community Relations:

As Uzer Makina, we respect the cultural, social, and economic values of society; we adopt the principles of honesty and transparency in our relations with the community; and we act ethically. To support the sustainable development of society, we collaborate with non-governmental organizations, universities, vocational high schools, and local authorities.

Employee Complaints, Suggestions, and Feedback:

We expect all our employees to act in line with professional working conditions, and we establish appropriate procedures so that they can submit complaints and/or feedback through proper channels without obstruction when they encounter problems or conflicts. We commit to enabling reporters of violations to remain anonymous to the extent legally permitted, and to protecting them from all forms of retaliation and punishment. We respond to complaints, suggestions, and feedback in a timely manner, take action, and monitor and review where necessary.

Social Dialogue:

To foster open and constructive dialogue with all our employees, we listen to our employee representatives. Our employee representative is elected through a vote in which all employees participate, from among candidates who apply on a voluntary basis.

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Working Conditions:

In all our activities, we regard people as our most valuable asset. To ensure the health and safety of our employees, suppliers, and visitors, we commit to creating, maintaining, and controlling a safe and healthy workplace through a proactive, risk analysis-based approach; continuously learning from outcomes; and improving. In our health and safety practices, we take legal and other requirements into account; through continuous training, employee participation, and consultation, we identify and implement measures to prevent injury and ill health, and we adopt this as part of our corporate culture.

Forced Labor:

We respect the right of all our employees and suppliers to choose to work. Where identification information is obtained at hiring due to legal requirements, we retain only a copy in full compliance with confidentiality requirements and commit that it will not be used to restrict our employees' freedom or rights.

Child Labor:

We act in accordance with the principles governing the employment of child and young workers, and we commit not to employ workers under the age of 18.

Right to Elect Employee Representatives:

We respect our employees’ right to protect their rights and encourage the election of employee representatives. We ensure that employee representatives serve on the Social Performance Team established to support sustainability efforts. We commit that they will not be subjected to threats or harassment due to their peaceful representation activities.

Prevention of Discrimination, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Rights:

We adopt the principle of transparency in all processes, including recruitment, termination, communication, salary and compensation policy, performance evaluation, and training. In our dealings with all employees and suppliers, we act on the basis of ability to perform the job — not on religion, language, race, belief, sect, gender, sexual orientation, color, political opinion, wealth, disability, marital status, age, pregnancy, or trade union membership. We ensure equal enjoyment of all rights and declare that we will prevent discrimination in every aspect of working life.

Discipline, Mistreatment, and Prevention of Harassment:

We stand against all forms of violence and commit to fair and humane treatment in ensuring compliance with our Disciplinary Procedure, prepared in line with our corporate culture and values, our obligations under Labor Law No. 4857, and our Ethics Procedure.

Wages and Payments:

Taking into account local standards and cost of living indices, we commit to paying competitive wages and benefits without discrimination relative to the sectoral and local labor market, based on job performance and without unnecessary delay, and to reviewing them regularly.

Compliance with Legal and Other Requirements:

We comply with all applicable national and international requirements, as well as other requirements (client, sectoral, regional, etc.). We commit to monitoring changes through periodic reviews and ensuring continuous compliance.