PRECEDENT-SETTING SUPREME COURT DECISION CONCERNING EMPLOYEES
PRECEDENT-SETTING SUPREME COURT RULING CONCERNING EMPLOYEES
This week, I will attempt to explain to my esteemed readers a precedent-setting decision by the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court, which addresses one of the most frequently asked questions in labor law, along with examples. The Supreme Court Civil Chamber ruled that an employee who claimed to have been dismissed was not entitled to compensation due to a message they sent stating, "I have ended my working life. Please forgive me."
A new case has been added to the labor law issues that have become very frequent recently. The Supreme Court Civil Chamber has issued an important ruling regarding a labor law matter, specifically stating that an employee who claimed to have been dismissed was not entitled to compensation because of a message they sent saying, "I have ended my working life. Please forgive me."
The Supreme Court ruled that the employee, who claimed to have been dismissed, was not entitled to compensation due to the message they sent stating, "I have ended my working life. Please forgive me."
An employee working at a private company filed a lawsuit, claiming that their contract had been terminated unfairly. The case went from the local court to the Regional Court of Justice and then to the Supreme Court, which decided that the employee was not entitled to compensation, citing the message "I have ended my working life. Please forgive me" as the reason.
SUPREME COURT RULES NO "SEVERANCE PAY"
An employee working at a private company applied to the court to receive severance and notice pay on the grounds that their employment contract had been terminated unfairly. In their application, the plaintiff employee stated that their salary was shown as lower on payrolls, they were only given a half-hour break, and their employment contract was terminated unfairly, and requested that the defendant be ordered to pay severance pay, notice pay, and overtime wages. The court decided to partially accept the case. Thereupon, the defendant company took the decision to the Regional Court of Justice. The Regional Court of Justice rejected the appeal application.
COURT VIEWED THE MESSAGE AS A RESIGNATION
The Supreme Court decided that the employee had resigned on their own initiative because the plaintiff employee had sent a message to the company's WhatsApp group saying, "Hello, I have ended my 14-year working life at the company, everyone please forgive me." The Supreme Court ruled that the employee, who claimed to have been dismissed, was not entitled to compensation because of the message in question. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously to overturn the appealed decision of the Regional Court of Justice.