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Annual leave periods will be divided as much as possible, (instead of three), on condition that one the segments cannot be less than ten days, according to a new arrangement which is expected to be in force soon.
As a rule, annual leave cannot be divided by employer and it should be used without interruption, however in the presence of mutual consent; leave periods currently may be divided into three parts at the maximum, provided that one of the parts shall not be less than ten days.
All employees who have worked for at least one year including the probation period are entitled to paid annual leave; and leave periods are determined as between 14 to 26 days depending on employee’s length of service in Article 53 of Labor law 4857. Also article 56 arranges how these leave periods can be implemented, i.e. with how many segments can an employee use his/her annual leave.
Now with the new draft (colloquially known bag law) which is accepted in the Parliament’s Plan and Budget commission, the third clause of Article 56 will be amended as; “leave periods foreseen in article 53 may be divided by mutual consent, provided that one of the parts shall not be less than ten days.”
By this amendment, there will be no limitation as to the number of segments by which the leave can be used; employees will be allowed for more flexible use of their annual leave, and also planning of annual leave, by mutual consent, in a way not to cause any serious interruption on the execution of the workflow will be possible.
