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The employer is entitled to terminate a labor contract on basis of absence from work on condition of health problems. Labor Law no 4857 Article 25 regulates the right of immediate termination of work on justified grounds. The principles of termination of labor contracts on condition of ill health are regulated in paragraph I of the related article…
In accordance with the regulation, the employer becomes entitled for termination of labor after the duration of the absence from work exceeds six weeks the notification periods specified. For instance, six weeks of notification period is given for two years of employment period. In such a case, the absence from work should be 12 weeks for an employer to be entitled to terminate the labor contract.
In case of termination of labor contract in that context, there will not be a termination pay. However, if the worker has worked in the respective business for at least one year, he can receive severance pay
