With respect to article 53 of the Labor Law no. 4857;
- An employer should give paid leave to an employee who has worked at least one year since the date of recruitment (including probation period).
- The right to annual paid leave is not dispensable.
- Employees, who work less than one year in a seasonal or campaign work, have no right to paid leave because of nature of business.
Right to paid leave and service period cannot be less than;
a) fourteen (14) days for employees whose service period is between 1 and 5 years,
b) twenty (20) days for employees whose service period is between 5 and 15 years,
c) twenty-six (26) days for employees whose service period is 15 or more than 15 years.
- Annual paid leaves of employees who work in underground works should be calculated by adding 4 days to normal annual paid leaves.
- The paid leaves of employees who are eighteen years old or under age and employees who are 50 or more years old shouldn’t be less than 20 days.
The term of annual paid leave can be increased with labor contracts and collective labor agreements.
Source: article 53 of the Labor Law 4857
