Publication: Avrupa Birliği’nde yıllık ücretli izin hakkına ilişkin düzenleme ve bu düzenlemenin türkiye ile karşılaştırılması
Abstract
Ekonomik başlangıçlı ve siyasi motivasyonlu Avrupa Birliği yapısı, hu- kukun pek çok alanındaki eksikliğini zamanla oturtmuştur. AB sosyal hukuku da bu alanlardan biridir. Avrupa Birliği’nde işçi haklarıyla il- gili ekonomik anlamdaki mevzuat kurucu antlaşmalarla var olurken, sosyal hak anlamındaki mevzuat daha geriden gelmiştir. Avrupa Par- lamentosu ve Konseyin 4 Kasım 2003 Tarihli Direktifi işçilerin Çalış- ma Sürelerinin Düzenlenmesiyle ilişkilidir. Son dönemde Avrupa Birliği Adalet Divanı (ABAD) bu direktifi sıkça yorumlamış ve üye devletlere konuyla ilgili önemli yol haritaları sunmuştur. Direktif ile yıllık ücretli izin hakkının kapsamı düzenlenmiş ancak hastalık izni ile arasında- ki farklılıklar ortaya konulmamış ve hastalık izni halinde yıllık ücret- li izin hakkının ne şekilde uygulanacağı belirtilmemiştir. Bu sorunsal, ABAD’ın son dönemlerde ele aldığı davalarda getirdiği kriterlerle çözü- me kavuşmuştur. AB’deki bu gelişmelerin yanı sıra Türk İş Hukukunun yıllık ücretli izin konusunda Avrupa Birliği mevzuatının gerisinde kal- ması da düşündürücüdür.
The structure of the European Union (EU), which was initiated by eco- nomic factors and motivated by politics, has embraced the resolution about many legal issues in time. EU social law is a part of these issues. The EU regulations about workers’ rights from an economic perspective, have been formed by the founding treaties, whereas the legislation about social rights came much later on. The directive of the European Parlia- ment and the Council, dated 4 November 2003, is dealing with working hours of the workers. Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently interpreted this directive frequently, and has provided the member states with important roadmaps. In the directive, the scope of the paid leave has been laid out but the differences between sick leave and paid leave were not put forward and the terms of using paid leave right were not clarified in the case of a sick leave. This issue was resolved by the criteria that CJEU has brought in its recent case law. Alongside these developments in the EU, it should concern one that the Turkish Labor Law is lagging the EU regulations on the annual paid leave issue.
The structure of the European Union (EU), which was initiated by eco- nomic factors and motivated by politics, has embraced the resolution about many legal issues in time. EU social law is a part of these issues. The EU regulations about workers’ rights from an economic perspective, have been formed by the founding treaties, whereas the legislation about social rights came much later on. The directive of the European Parlia- ment and the Council, dated 4 November 2003, is dealing with working hours of the workers. Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently interpreted this directive frequently, and has provided the member states with important roadmaps. In the directive, the scope of the paid leave has been laid out but the differences between sick leave and paid leave were not put forward and the terms of using paid leave right were not clarified in the case of a sick leave. This issue was resolved by the criteria that CJEU has brought in its recent case law. Alongside these developments in the EU, it should concern one that the Turkish Labor Law is lagging the EU regulations on the annual paid leave issue.