Right To Compassionate Leave: Duration, Implementation And Assessment

Legal Basis and Definition of Compassionate Leave: In situations where an employee is unable to perform their work obligation due to certain personal circumstances in which, pursuant to the principle of good faith, the employer cannot reasonably expect the employee to work, the employee must be deemed to be on justified leave. Compassionate leave was introduced by Law No. 6645 in 2015 and is regulated under Additional Article 2 of the Turkish Labour Law No. 4857.

Additional Article 2 of the Labour Law provides the following:

"Employees shall be granted paid leave for three days in the event of their marriage, adoption, or the death of their mother, father, spouse, sibling, or child; and five days in the event of the birth of their spouse's child. Employees shall also be granted paid leave of up to ten days within a year, either in one period or in instalments, for the treatment of their child who is at least seventy percent disabled or has a chronic illness, provided that the