If the employer, through its fault, prevents the performance of work or falls into default in accepting the performance, it is obliged to pay the employee his or her wage and may not require the employee to perform such work subsequently. However, expenses which the employee has saved as a result of such prevention, and benefits which he or she has earned by performing other work or has intentionally refrained from earning, shall be deducted from the wage.
Original Turkish text
MADDE 408 · a. İşverenin temerrüdü hâlinde
İşveren, işgörme ediminin yerine getirilmesini kusuruyla engellerse veya edimi kabulde temerrüde düşerse, işçiye ücretini ödemekle yükümlü olup, işçiden bu edimini daha sonra yerine getirmesini isteyemez. Ancak, işçinin bu engelleme sebebiyle yapmaktan kurtulduğu giderler ile başka bir iş yaparak kazandığı veya kazanmaktan bilerek kaçındığı yararlar ücretinden indirilir.