Notice pay rises in steps, not gradually
The moment service passes a threshold, the notice period jumps by two whole weeks. See which step you are on and what that step is worth in wages.
Four bands • No upper cap • The same calculation for employee and employer
Service and wage
Enter the period as years and months separately; leftover days do not change the step, so they are not asked for.
The monthly value of recurring benefits is added to the bare gross wage.
- 0 – 6 months2 weeks
- 6 months – 1.5 years4 weeks
- 1.5 – 3 years6 weeks
- 3 years and over8 weeks
The calculation runs in your browser; the wage you enter is not sent anywhere.
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Enter the length of service and the gross wage; the band and the amount appear together.
- Total service
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- Notice period
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- In days
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- Daily gross wage
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- Month = 30 days
- Week = 7 days
- No statutory cap applies
Passing a threshold by one day adds two weeks
Notice periods are stepped rather than proportional. That is why how close the termination date is to a threshold changes the amount noticeably.
| Length of service | Notice period | In days | Threshold |
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| 0 – 6 months | 2 weeks | 14 days | changes at month 6 |
| 6 months – 1.5 years | 4 weeks | 28 days | changes at month 18 |
| 1.5 – 3 years | 6 weeks | 42 days | changes at month 36 |
| 3 years and over | 8 weeks | 56 days | Top band |
No compensation if the period is actually served
If the employer lets the notice period be worked, no payment is made; during it they must grant time off to look for work.
Paying in advance closes the period
The contract can be ended immediately by paying the amount upfront. In that case the length of service is not treated as extended by the notice period.
A reinstatement claim runs separately
Notice pay having been paid does not prevent a reinstatement claim against a termination without valid cause.
The calculation in four steps
Each line in the panel is the output of one of these steps.
Convert service to months
Total service is reduced to months; the steps of the ladder are defined against month thresholds.
Find the band
Whichever range the service falls into, that band’s notice period applies. There are no intermediate values; the step is instant.
Reduce to a daily rate
The monthly gross wage is divided by thirty, because in Turkish labour law a month is always taken as 30 days.
Multiply by the period
The notice period in days is multiplied by the daily wage. The result is gross notice pay.
Frequently asked about notice pay
The calculations that sit alongside the notice period
When notice pay arises, severance and the leave balance are calculated on the same exit.
The calculator produces a gross amount under Article 17 of Labour Law No. 4857; it does not convert to net, because tax and deductions vary with each person’s cumulative annual base. It is for information only and does not replace a payroll output.
Bring the exit calculations into one file
When the notice band, length of service and leave balance are all read from the same employee record, the exit paperwork is prepared without anyone calculating by hand.