The paper explores employment contract termination under third-party pressure, a topic that gained prominence during the pandemic. It categorises pressure termination into partial and complete pressure termination and highlights their differences. The authors also examine the conditions for pressure termination and its legal consequences. This issue is particularly examined within the context of terminating a contract of an employee whose spouse/partner is a healthcare worker as a result of colleagues’ pressure at the time of the pandemic. The paper shows that terminating the contract of such an employee can exemplify complete pressure termination if conditions are met and it is prohibited to terminate the contract without notice. It also explains that such employees can claim compensation under general provisions. Though focused on the pandemic, the findings can apply to analogous situations, such as a professor pressuring a university to dismiss an assistant without valid cause.