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ethics and goodwill, the employee will be entitled to and overtime pay etc. as of the date of resignation, they
severance pay again. In this case, the employer will have should be paid.
to pay severance pay when he is rightfully terminating
the employment due to health reasons of the worker, • The notice of acquittance should be issued at least 1
compelling reasons, if the employee is detained or month after termination
arrested and the absenteeism exceeds the notification
period. The notice of acquittance should not be signed before this
• In the event of termination of the employer for valid period since it will be invalid if it’s signed in less than 1
reasons, the employees must be paid notice and month time as of the resignation.
severance pay provided that they have a seniority of at
least 1 year. This is the summary of the article published on Economist.
com.tr on 22 September 2020.
Notice pay in case of resignation

When workers resign, they cannot receive notice
compensation and if they do not comply with the notice
period set in line with their seniority, have to pay the
amount corresponding to this period to the employer. The
employee does not pay notice compensation in case of notice
termination.

Other rights on resignation

• Job seeking leave

For notified resignations, the employer must allow the
employee to seek work for at least 2 hours a day. These
hours can be used collectively provided that the employer is
notified in advance.

• Unemployment pay in case of rightful termination by
the employee

The employee who does not have a justified reason cannot
receive unemployment pay in case of resignation even if he/
she meets the requirements to receive unemployment pay
while the employees proving that the resignation is based
on the justified reasons stated in Article 24 may receive
unemployment pension.

• Resignation during short-time working

Employees included in short-time working and resign
while being paid short-time working allowance receive
unemployment pay. As per the Presidential Decision,
workers' time in short working is not deducted from
the period in which they received unemployment pay.
For example, a worker who has been covered by short-
time working for 3 months and entitled to 8 months of
unemployment benefit will be able to receive unemployment
benefit for the entire 8 months.

• Health benefits
In case of resignation, workers can benefit from health
services for 100 days after resignation provided that
they have paid 90 days of general health insurance (GSS)
premium within the last 1 year. Employees unable to meet
this requirement can only benefit from health services for 10
days. Explanations in this article reflect the writer's personal view on the
matter. EY and/or Kuzey YMM ve Bağımsız Denetim A.Ş. disclaim any
responsibility in respect of the information and explanations in the
• Other labour rights should be paid article. Please be advised to first receive professional assistance from
the related experts before initiating an application regarding a specific
If the employee has receivables for unused annual paid leave matter, since the legislation is changed frequently and is open to different
interpretations.
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