Law No. 6331 concerning Health and Safety at Work entered into forceas of January 1st, 2013. Te scope of the law is initially limited to workplaces,where fifty or more workers are employed. Te law in question has abandonedthe term employee , which is a basic concept in Turkish labor law and insteadembraces a new concept, i.e. worker , with the objective of including asmany people as possible within its scope. However the current number ofadministrative staf at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security seems to beinadequate to inspect such a large number of people falling into the scope ofapplication.