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330 NEWSLETTER 2016 employed in order to substitute the employee who was temporarily working part-time, shall automatically terminate. The employee requesting to benefit from such right, or wishing to return to his/ her full-time employment status, shall notify the employer, in writing, at least one month prior to such events. If one of the par- ents is unemployed, the working parent shall not request part-time employment. Persons adopting a child younger than three years of age, either severally or with his/her spouse, shall benefit from such right as of the entrustment of the child.” Additionally, Law No. 6663 has also added certain provisions to Unemployment Insurance Law No. 4447, in conjunction with the aforementioned provisions. Accordingly, Additional Article 5, entitled “Part Time Employment Payment after Maternity and Adoption,” has been added to the Unemployment Insurance Law: “The employee shall be paid according to part-time salary, following the maternity and adoption, throughout his/her unpaid leave period, equal to one-half of the working hours per week. The duration of the payment shall be equal to one-half of the weekly working hours indicated under Article 63 of Law No. 4857.” “In order to benefit from such provision, the employee must have paid at least 600 days’ of declared unemployment insurance premium, the employee must have actually worked for one-half of the weekly working hours provided for under Article 63 of Law No. 4857, and must apply to the Institution within 30 days as of the expiry of maternity leave following the birth and adoption period, along with the documenting of the part-time employment following birth and adoption.” Along with the referred to amendments, Article 53 of the Unem- ployment Insurance Law has also been modified, the part-time em- ployment payment following birth and adoption, which is regulated under “Additional Article 5,” and the premium expenses have also been added to the Unemployment Insurance Fund. Law No. 6663 has also made certain amendments involving of- ficers, subject to Law No. 657. The rights granted as per the Labor Law has naturally been granted to the officers, as well. In addition to such rights, it has been envisaged that the period of the unpaid leave,