Labor Law No. 12 of 2003, in its articles from Article (104) to Article (109), sets out the mechanisms and controls for terminating a fixed-term employment contract between the employee and the employer; To ensure fairness and equality between employees and employers.



The  Seventh Day” explains in the following lines the controls and procedures for terminating a fixed-term employment contract.

 

A fixed-term employment contract ends with the expiry of its term. If the contract is concluded for a period of more than 5 years, the worker may terminate it without compensation - at the expiry of 5 years - after notifying the employer 3 months before the termination. The provisions of the previous paragraph shall apply to cases where the worker terminates the contract after the expiry of the said period.


If the term of a fixed-term work contract expires and the two parties continue to implement it, this is considered a renewal of the contract for an indefinite period. It does not apply to foreign labor contracts.

 

- If a fixed-term work contract expires with the expiry of its term, it may be renewed by an express agreement between its two parties for another period or periods. If the terms of the original and renewed contract exceed 5 years, the worker may terminate it.


If the work contract is concluded for the completion of a specific work, the contract ends with the completion of that work, and if this completion takes a period of more than 5 years, the worker may not terminate the contract before the completion of the work.

 

If the work contract concluded for the completion of a specific work is terminated and the two parties continue to implement the contract after the completion of the work, this is considered a renewal of the contract for an indefinite period.

If the work contract concluded for a specific work ends with its completion, it may be renewed by an express agreement between its two parties for a similar work or works. If the period of completion of the original work and the works for which the contract was renewed exceeds 5 years, the worker may not terminate the contract before the completion of these works.