What is Incapacity for Work?

Incapacity for work refers to the employee’s inability to perform work during the rest period specified in a medical report issued by healthcare providers authorized by the Social Security Institution (SSI), in cases of illness, occupational acciden, occupational disease, or maternity.

What is the Incapacity Benefit?

The incapacity benefit (medical report payment) is the monetary assistance paid by the SSI to prevent loss of income for insured employees in cases of occupational accident, occupational disease, illness, and maternity.

The notice period refers to the amount of time between the notification of termination intention from either the employee or employer and the actual termination. In this context, we have provided answers to the frequently asked questions regarding when the notice period is not required and what notice payment is.

Under Turkish Labor Law, employment contracts can be terminated in two ways: "Termination of Fixed-Term Employment Contracts" and "Termination of Open-Ended Employment Contracts."

Per Turkish Labor Law No. 4857 ("Law"), it is stated that the termination of the indefinite period employment contracts should be based on a valid reason. Some preconditions would need to be met by the employers to terminate an indefinite period contract of an employee due to the lack of performance.

Otherwise, as a result of reemployment lawsuits, the termination could be deemed invalid and the employee could be reemployed.

You can find the details of Article 18 on Turkish Labor Law No. 4857

The statements about the weekend holiday are included in Article 46 of the Labor Law No. 4857 as below: