24.10.2026 10:42
A chemical engineer who resigned from the paint factory where he had worked for 8 years on the grounds that he could not collect his wage claims alleged that he was beaten by his employer and forced to sign a document. The Court of Cassation also upheld the decision concerning the justified termination and labor receivables of the engineer, who won the case he filed in the Labor Court.
The chemical engineer, who left his job at the paint factory where he had worked for 8 years, stating that his wages had been underpaid, sought his rights in court. The engineer, who also alleged that he was assaulted by the employer and forced to sign some documents, demanded payment of severance pay and other labor receivables. The Court of Cassation had the final say in the legal battle that lasted for years.
HE RESIGNED WHEN HE DID NOT RECEIVE HIS WAGES
The plaintiff engineer stated that between February and October he worked from 08.00 to 22.00, and after October, from 08.00 to 18.00 on weekdays and from 08.00 to 15.00 on Saturdays.
The engineer, arguing that he terminated his employment contract for just cause because his wages were not paid, demanded severance pay, annual leave pay, overtime pay and public holiday pay from three companies that he claimed belonged to the same person.
THE EMPLOYER'S ASSAULT WAS DOCUMENTED WITH A MEDICAL REPORT
The engineer also alleged that the company owner assaulted him and forced him to sign some documents. The defendant companies did not accept the accusations.
The Labour Court, in line with witness statements and the evidence in the file, decided that the labor receivables had been underpaid and that the engineer had terminated his employment contract for just cause. Determining that the overtime and work on holidays had also been proven, the court partially accepted the case.
THE COURT OF CASSATION HAD THE FINAL SAY
The Regional Court of Justice, examining the companies' objection, found the first-instance court's decision appropriate. It was also recalled that it was documented by a medical report that the employer had assaulted the engineer and that he had been sentenced for the crime of simple injury.
Upon the decision being appealed, the 9th Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation, which examined the file, upheld the Labour Court's decision. Thus, the ruling that the engineer had left his job for just cause and the accepted labor receivables became final.