Your leave policy, your rules; never below the Turkish legal minimum
Advance leave, administrative leave and working-time balancing; legal minimum locked.
The screens in this film were recorded from the Turkish interface of Pulsar HRM.
Leave Policies: excused, advance and administrative leave rules
Excused leave, advance leave, hourly administrative leave and working-time balancing are defined in the interface; nothing can go below the legal minimum. A saved rule is reflected in the entitlements on the leave form.
Company and location leave policy
In Leave Policies (İzin Politikaları), "New Company Policy" ("Yeni Firma Politikası") or "New Location Policy" ("Yeni Lokasyon Politikası") is opened; a location-scoped policy applies only at the selected location. The policy also carries the annual leave seniority rules.
Advance leave: borrowing against future leave
In Leave Borrowing Parameters (İzin Borçlanma Parametreleri), advance leave is enabled and the maximum number of borrowed days is set; the employee's advance balance is this number minus their current debt.
Hourly leave tracking: the administrative leave pool
In the Hourly Administrative Leave Pool (Saatlik İdari İzin Havuzu), the monthly limit and what happens when it is exceeded are selected; the pool renews every month.
Time off in lieu (working-time balancing)
In the time-off rule, the validity period, conversion rate and employee consent are selected; the saved rule is reflected in Available Leave (Kullanılabilir İzinler) on the leave form.
How it works
- Under Leave Management › Leave Policies (İzin Yönetimi › İzin Politikaları), you open "New Company Policy" ("Yeni Firma Politikası") or "New Location Policy" ("Yeni Lokasyon Politikası").
- You enter the policy name and the excused leave days; a value below the legal minimum is not accepted.
- Under Leave Borrowing Parameters (İzin Borçlanma Parametreleri), you enable advance leave and set the maximum number of borrowed days.
- In the Hourly Administrative Leave Pool (Saatlik İdari İzin Havuzu), you choose the monthly limit and what happens when it is exceeded; under Working-Time Balancing (Denkleştirme), you choose the validity period and employee consent.
- You save; the entitlements you defined are reflected in the Available Leave (Kullanılabilir İzinler) list on the leave form.
Frequently asked questions
Can separate leave policies be set for different locations?
Yes. Alongside the company-wide policy, a location policy can be defined; a location-scoped policy applies only at the selected location.
How to calculate the advance leave balance?
If borrowing is enabled in the policy, Advance Leave (Avans İzni) appears under Available Leave (Kullanılabilir İzinler); the balance is the maximum number of borrowed days minus the employee's current debt.
What is administrative leave?
In Pulsar HRM, hourly administrative leave is an hourly leave pool defined in the policy with a monthly limit. The hours used come from that day's missing time; what happens when the limit is exceeded is chosen in the policy.
What is time off in lieu under working-time balancing?
In Pulsar HRM, working-time balancing leave is the entitlement in which overtime is accumulated as time off. The policy defines the validity period, conversion rate and employee consent; the balance appears on the leave form as Time Off in Lieu (hours) (Serbest Zaman İzni (saat)).
Can time off be given instead of overtime pay?
Under Article 41 of the İş Kanunu No. 4857 (Turkish Labor Act), if the employee wishes, they may take one hour and thirty minutes of time off for each hour of overtime, and one hour and fifteen minutes for each hour of extra-time work. In Pulsar HRM, overtime is transferred to the working-time balancing pool and converted to time off at the conversion rate in the policy.
