Leave Management Annual Leave Accrual, Requests and Balances
The anniversary arrives. So does the leave.
Entitlement loads on each hire anniversary as the law sets it, requests go through approval and the day count knows the holidays. The balance is always current.
Don’t calculate annual leave. Just see it.
Annual leave entitlement loads automatically on each hire anniversary, by seniority. Requests go through approval, the day count skips weekly rest days and public holidays, and balances stay current.
Exactly what the law says.
Annual leave is worked out from seniority under Article 53 of the Turkish Labour Law: 14 days for 1–5 years, 20 days for 6–14 years, 26 days from 15 years. Employees aged 18 and under or 50 and over get at least 20 days, and any extra days your company grants are added on top.
Every morning at 07:30, on its own.
With automatic accrual switched on, the entitlement of anyone reaching their hire anniversary is loaded every morning. The approver gets one summary of who received how many days, and the employee can get an SMS. Unused leave never expires.
Request, approval, balance.
Staff request leave on the web or in the PDKS phone app, attaching a photo, PDF or voice note. A request made for oneself always goes to approval, and once approved the days come off the balance.
Eves count as half. Holidays don’t count.
The day count skips weekly rest days and public holidays, and eves count as half a day. Annual leave from 26 to 30 October takes 3.5 days off the balance, and you see that number as soon as the dates are entered.
One company. One record.
Leave is written to the balance on the employee record. Requests from the PDKS app land in the same approval inbox, and approved leave flows into the Shifts & Timesheets grid as Y, Ü, R or Z.
- Leave Management
- Employees
- Time & Attendance
- Shifts & Timesheets
Every feature.
Annual leave calculation
- 14, 20 and 26 days by seniority (Labour Law Art. 53)
- At least 20 days for employees aged 18 and under or 50 and over
- Automatic accrual on the hire anniversary
- Extra days granted by the company on top of the statutory minimum
- Start date: earlier balances are entered as opening balances
- Who accrues in the next 30 days
- Accruals of the last 60 days
- Warning for employees with no hire date
Leave records and requests
- Employee, leave type, date range, note and supporting document
- Day count excludes weekly rest days and public holidays; eves count as half
- Requests made for oneself always go to approval
- HR with full permission enters leave directly
- Requests from the PDKS phone app with photo, PDF and voice note
- Edit or cancel leave; the days return to the balance
Leave balances and history
- Balance per employee and per leave type
- History: accrual, use, carry-over, manual adjustment
- Year-end carry-over; unused leave never expires
- Manual accrual or correction for a single employee
- Filter active and cancelled leave
Leave types
- Ready-made types: annual, excused, sick (medical report), unpaid, maternity, marriage, paternity, bereavement
- Marriage and bereavement preset to 3 days, paternity to 5
- Paid, unpaid and balance-deducting types kept apart
- A timesheet code for each type: Y, Ü, R or Z
Approvals, notifications and org chart
- Entering leave and approving leave are separate permissions
- Decision sent to the employee by SMS or voice call
- Choose who is told about accruals
- Org chart drawn from departments and roles
- Zoom and search in the chart
Specs
- Statutory entitlement
- 14 / 20 / 26 days (Labour Law Art. 53)
- Accrual
- On the hire anniversary, checked every morning at 07:30
- Day count
- Excludes weekly rest days and public holidays; eves count as half
- Leave types
- 8 ready-made types, each tied to a timesheet code
- Request channels
- Web, PDKS phone app
- Notifications
- SMS, voice call, in-app
- Requires
- Employees
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Questions, answered.
How is annual leave calculated?
Under Article 53 of the Turkish Labour Law: 14 days for 1–5 years of service, 20 for 6–14 years, 26 from 15 years. Employees aged 18 and under or 50 and over get at least 20 days, and any extra days your company grants are added on top.
Is leave added in January or on the hire anniversary?
On the hire anniversary. Automatic accrual is off by default; once you switch it on, every service year completed after that date is processed, and earlier balances are entered as opening balances.
What happens to unused leave?
It never expires. Remaining annual leave carries over to the new year and appears in the history as a carry-over.
Where do employees request leave?
On the web or in the PDKS phone app. A request made for oneself always goes to approval, and the decision is sent by SMS or a voice call.
Do public holidays count against leave?
No. Weekly rest days and public holidays are not counted, and eves count as half a day. The number of days appears as soon as you pick the employee and the dates.
Can I add my own leave types?
Leave types come ready-made: annual, excused, sick, unpaid, maternity, marriage, paternity and bereavement. You choose which letter each type gets on the timesheet.