Turkey separates statutory overtime from extra hours below 45 weekly hours. Everhour keeps approved time ready for review.
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This calculation answers how much extra pay is due when an employee in Turkey works above the contractual or statutory weekly limit. Turkish Labour Law No. 4857 sets the general maximum working time at 45 hours per week unless a shorter contractual schedule applies, so the first question is whether the employee's agreed normal week is 45 hours or less.
The result separates ordinary contracted pay, extra hours, and statutory overtime. Hours above a shorter contractual average but up to 45 are paid at 125% of the normal hourly wage. Hours above 45 in a week are statutory overtime and must be paid at 150% of the normal hourly wage, unless a lawful balancing arrangement changes the weekly assessment.
Do not treat every hour above the employment contract as statutory overtime. In Turkey, a 40-hour contract and a 49-hour week produce two separate premium buckets: 5 extra hours from 41 through 45, then 4 statutory overtime hours above 45. That distinction changes both pay and annual cap tracking.
The statutory overtime cap is 270 hours per employee per year. Employee consent is required for overtime and extra-hours work under Article 41. Daily scheduling also matters: by agreement, the 45-hour weekly schedule can be distributed unevenly across working days, but daily working time may not exceed 11 hours.
Use the employee's normal hourly wage, then classify hours by threshold. Example: an employee in Turkey has a 40-hour weekly contract, earns TRY 300 per hour, and works 49 hours in one week. Contracted pay is 40 × TRY 300 = TRY 12,000. Extra-hours pay is 5 × TRY 300 × 1.25 = TRY 1,875.
The statutory overtime portion is 4 × TRY 300 × 1.5 = TRY 1,800. Total weekly gross pay for those worked hours is TRY 15,675. If the employee chooses free time instead of premium pay, the statutory overtime alternative is 1 hour 30 minutes per overtime hour, while extra hours convert at 1 hour 15 minutes per extra hour, used within six months without wage deduction.
A one-off calculation is enough when you have one employee, one week, a known hourly wage, and a clear split between contracted hours, extra hours, and statutory overtime. It is also enough for checking a payslip or estimating the cost of a planned busy week before approving the schedule.
A managed workflow is better when overtime repeats, several managers approve hours, or payroll needs a defensible record. Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, let users submit time for approval, and let admins approve, reject, partially approve, or lock time entries before payroll or billing review.
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Statutory overtime in Turkey starts after 45 hours in a week, except where lawful balancing keeps the average within normal weekly working time. If the employment contract sets a shorter normal week, hours above that contractual average but not above 45 are extra hours, not statutory overtime.
Extra hours are worked above a shorter contractual week but up to 45 hours. They are paid at the normal hourly wage increased by 25%, or converted to 1 hour 15 minutes of free time per extra hour. Statutory overtime is work above 45 weekly hours and uses the 50% increase.
Yes. Instead of premium pay, an employee may choose free time of 1 hour 30 minutes per overtime hour. For extra hours below the 45-hour statutory threshold, the free-time equivalent is 1 hour 15 minutes per extra hour. The free time must be used within six months without wage deduction.
The fastest mistake is counting every hour above a 40-hour contract at 150%. In Turkey, hours from 41 through 45 are extra hours at 125% when the contract sets a 40-hour normal week. Only hours above 45 are statutory overtime at 150%, subject to the annual cap and consent rules.
Employees who work on national or public holidays receive an additional one day's wage for each holiday worked. Employees who do not work on those holidays still receive a full day's wage. Keep holiday pay separate from ordinary weekly overtime math so the premium is not double-counted or missed.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, then let employees submit time for approval. Admins can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted time entries, which gives payroll a cleaner review trail before overtime and extra-hours amounts are finalized.
Everhour Overtimes can calculate overtime hours and overtime pay when admins set daily and weekly overtime limits. Managers can review overtime in Team Hours, and the Payroll dashboard calculates overtime pay and gross pay from hourly cost and tracked time when the Overtime app is enabled.
Use a calculator for the one-week answer, then keep approvals consistent. Everhour Timesheets protect submitted and approved time, giving payroll and billing review a cleaner record of accepted hours.
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