3600 days severance pay, can be claimed by individuals who have 15 years of insured employment and 3600 premium days. These 15 years of insured service and 3600 premium days do not have to be completed at the same workplace. The single essential requirement for receiving severance pay is that your insurance record began before 08.09.1999. If you meet these conditions and started working as an insured employee before 1999, you are eligible to receive the 3600 days severance pay.
How Many Times Can the 15 Years / 3600 Days Severance Be Claimed?
Severance based on 3600 days can be claimed up to two times. An employee who meets the 15 years and 3600 days conditions may receive severance once for each job, provided they have completed at least one year in that job. Employees who have not yet reached one year in a job cannot receive severance even if they meet the 15-year and 3600-day requirement. Therefore, after completing the 15 years and 3600 days requirement, an employee must also work one year in the new job to be eligible for severance; otherwise they have no right to it.
Can You Work Again After Receiving Severance?
Receiving severance and then returning to work is possible. However, you must work at least one year in that job to be eligible again.
How Is Severance Calculated?
The severance calculation is based on the employee’s total gross pay in the last month, including overtime, meal and transportation allowances, and any other supplements. For each full year worked, one month’s gross salary is paid as severance. If an employee has worked one year and two months, the extra two months are pro-rated relative to one year. All payments made to the employee are included when calculating the gross salary used for severance. For example, if an employee has worked five years at a workplace and the gross salary for the last month (including meal, transport and all additional payments) is 4000 TL, the severance would be 4000 × 5 = 20,000 TL. However, regardless of how high the salary is, the maximum one-year severance amount is capped — for the relevant period this cap is 6017 TL. For instance, if the monthly salary is 7000 TL and the employee worked five years, they cannot receive 7000 TL per year as severance; the calculation uses the capped amount (6017 TL) per year.
What Was Severance Pay in 2019?
The severance pay amount for 2019, between 01.01.2019 and 30.06.2019, was 6017 TL per year. If an employee eligible for severance had a salary above that cap, the maximum annual severance they could receive for that period was 6017 TL. For example, if an employee earned 8000 TL per month and had two years of service when leaving, the total severance would be 6017 × 2 = 12,034 TL.
Who Is Eligible for Severance?
Requirements to receive severance are being dismissed from the job and having 15 years of insured employment along with 3600 premium days. In addition, the employee must not have been dismissed for cause due to a fault or misconduct. If the employee behaved contrary to workplace rules, public morals, or the law, they may be denied severance. Voluntary resignation may still lead to severance in certain circumstances, but the resignation must be for a compelling reason such as a serious health problem that makes continued employment impossible.
Can Soldiers Claim Severance When Leaving for Military Service?
Employees leaving work for military service can receive severance pay if they meet the 15 years and 3600 premium days requirement. Male employees whose military service period arrives and who also meet the 15-year and 3600-day conditions may claim severance for that reason, provided they have worked at least one year in that workplace. Those who do not meet these conditions are not entitled to severance when leaving for military service.
Can Women Receive Severance After Marriage?
Severance after marriage is possible. If a woman fulfills the 15-year insured employment and 3600 premium days criteria, she may apply for severance within one year after marriage. In other words, she can resign and claim severance within one year after getting married, but she must still meet the conditions of 15 years insured service, 3600 premium days, and at least one year of employment at the workplace where she claims severance. If these conditions are not met, she cannot receive severance on the basis of marriage.
Can an Employer Dismiss Without Paying Severance?
Employer’s right to dismiss without severance exists under certain provisions of labor law. If the reasons listed in the relevant law (for example, misconduct or specific conditions defined in Article 25) apply, the employer may dismiss the worker without paying severance. Examples include serious breaches such as habitual absenteeism, persistent intoxication on the job, criminal acts that endanger the workplace, gross misconduct, or other clearly defined failures to fulfil job duties. In these cases, the employee may not be entitled to severance.
- If the employee repeatedly neglects health-related responsibilities by abusively taking leave or forgery of documents, or persistently uses alcohol or drugs and disrupts the workplace, they may be dismissed without severance — except for genuine medical conditions beyond the employee’s control.
- If the employee has a contagious disease that endangers others, the employer may dismiss without severance under certain legal provisions, though court rulings can vary based on case details.
- Violation of workplace rules or serious unethical behavior — such as lying to the employer, insulting colleagues, sexual harassment, committing a crime on site, unexcused repeated absences (e.g., two consecutive days without notice in one month or three days on different dates), or willful neglect leading to damage of equipment — can all justify dismissal without severance.
Severance Amounts in Past Years
The severance pay caps for recent years are listed below:
- 2019: 6017 TL
- 2018: 5434 TL
- 2017: 4732 TL
- 2016: 4297 TL
How Long Do You Have to Claim Severance?
The period to apply for severance is 10 years. If an employee fulfills the 3600 premium days, 15 years of insured employment, and the one-year service requirement at the workplace, they have up to 10 years after leaving the job to claim severance. If the employer does not pay or cannot pay the amount, the employee may pursue legal remedies to enforce their rights.
Can Severance Be Claimed If the Workplace Closes or Goes Bankrupt?
Regardless of the reason, if the workplace closes or is shut down, severance can still be claimed, provided the eligibility conditions are met. In such cases, the employee should pursue their legal rights to obtain the severance owed to them.
Is Severance Subject to Tax?
Taxes on severance pay are limited to stamp duty. No other taxes are generally withheld from severance pay.