SGK exit codes and entitlements · Journal CPA

The exit code on the SGK leaving notification directly determines whether the employee can receive unemployment benefit, and is strong evidence for severance and notice pay. A wrong code causes loss of rights for the employee and lawsuits and SGK fines for the employer. The notification is filed via e-Bildirge within 10 days of leaving.

The tables show the general rule. Severance pay also requires at least 1 year of service; unemployment benefit requires continuous work in the last 120 days and 600 premium days in the last 3 years. Notice pay arises when an indefinite contract is terminated without notice.

Codes giving both severance pay and unemployment benefit

Code	Reason	Severance	Notice	Unemployment
4	Indefinite contract terminated by the employer without just cause	Yes	Yes (if no notice given)	Yes
5	End of a fixed-term contract	Yes	No	Yes
15	Collective dismissal	Yes	Yes (if no notice given)	Yes
17	Closure of the workplace	Yes	Yes (if no notice given)	Yes
18	End of the work	Yes	Yes (if no notice given)	Yes
23	Termination by the employee for compelling reasons	Yes	No	Yes
24	Termination by the employee for health reasons	Yes	No	Yes
25	Termination by the employee due to the employer's breach of good faith (unpaid wages, mobbing etc.)	Yes	No	Yes
27	Termination by the employer for compelling reasons or detention	Yes	No	Yes
28	Termination by the employer for health reasons	Yes	No	Yes
31	Termination through no request or fault of the employee in workplaces under the Code of Obligations, Trade Unions Law or Strike Law	Yes	Depends	Yes
32	Law No. 4046 art. 21 (privatisation)	Yes	Depends	Yes
33	Termination by a journalist	Yes	No	Yes
34	Termination due to transfer of the workplace or change in the nature of the work	Yes	Depends	Yes

Codes giving severance pay but not unemployment benefit

Code	Reason	Severance	Unemployment
8	Retirement (old age) or lump-sum payment	Yes	No
9	Invalidity pension	Yes	No
10	Death	Yes (to heirs)	No
11	Death due to a work accident	Yes (to heirs)	No
12	Military service	Yes	No
13	Marriage of a woman employee (within 1 year)	Yes	No
14	Retirement conditions other than age met	Yes	No
35	Transfer to civil service under Law No. 6495	Yes	No
40	Not transferred to public employment under Decree 696	Yes	No

Codes giving no compensation and no unemployment benefit

Code	Reason
1	Termination by the employer during the probation period
2	Termination by the employee during the probation period
3	Termination of an indefinite contract by the employee (resignation)
22	Other reasons
26	Termination by disciplinary board decision
29 and 42–50	Termination by the employer due to the employee's breach of good faith (separate codes by subparagraph of art. 25/II)

Choosing the right code

Give notice of termination in writing. The code rests on the reason in the letter; if they conflict, courts and SGK look at the real reason.
Do not confuse resignation with mutual termination (ikale). Mutual termination is generally reported with code 22 – Other reasons and does not give İŞKUR unemployment benefit; severance and notice are paid as agreed. Reporting it with code 04 weakens the employer's position. Details: Mutual termination and release · Resignation and just cause.
The code can be corrected later. A wrong notification can be corrected by the employer's petition or by court decision.
Calculate the payments: Severance, notice and leave pay · Unemployment benefit.