The Restrictions For Using Paid Annual Leave Are Lifted!!!

23.11.2017

1- CAN PAID ANNUAL LEAVE BE SPLIT UP FOR MORE THAN 3 TIMES?
Yes.
In the Paid Annual Leave Regulations published on the Official Gazette dated 03.03.2004 and numbered 25391, article 6, paragraph 3, the clause that said “can be split up in 3 at most” was modified as follows: “can be used in fractions” with the regulations about paid annual leave that was published on the Official gazette dated 18.08.2017, numbered 30158.

With this modification, since the date of the notice dated 18.08.2017, the paid annual leave can be split up in the way the parties agree on.

2- DOES THE CHANGE OF SUB-EMPLOYER AFFECT THE PAID ANNUAL LEAVE RIGHTS?
With the same notice, the paragraph below has been added to the 6th article of the Paid Annual Leave Regulations:

“Among the Sub-employer’s employees, the leaves of those who continue to work in the same work place even though their employers have changed, are calculated considering the duration of their work. The primary employer is responsible with checking if the employees working for the sub-employer use their right to a paid annual leave and ensuring that they use their paid annual leaves. The sub-employer is responsible of providing the primary employer with the permission records they are obligated to keep.”

3- ARE THE PAID ANNUAL LEAVE RIGHTS THE SAME FOR UNDERGROUND WORKERS?
“The paid annual leaves of the underground workers are applied with additional four days for each.”

Source: The Official Gazette – Paid Annual Leave Regulations (18.08.2017 – 30158)