EDUCATIONAL LEAVE
Information on educational leave in Saarland
Entitlement to educational leave for further professional training
Excerpt from §§ 22 to 32 SWBG
Saarland is one of 12 (of 16) German Länder which provide legally regulated educational leave.
Leave entitlement is granted:
- for (non-occupational) further training for up to six working days per calendar year, of which paid leave: max. three working days (or five in accordance with the exception in §23 paragraph 1 clause 4: after taking parental leave) provided that the employee exhausts the same number of days of their otherwise entitled general leave (i.e. annual leave, compensatory time, etc.)
- not before a minimum employment period of 12 months. Entitlement may be transferred to the following year, with the employer’s consent (accruement of entitlements up to two calendar years, no retroactive enforcement). Application no later than 8 weeks, with employer response no later than 4 weeks before training begins.
Forms to be submitted to employer: - Confirmation of course registration, confirmation of course recognition
- Certificate of attendance
Certified Educational Leave course SWBG No.
2010 English for Meetings
2011 English for Presentations
2012 English for Purchasing and Sales
2013 English for Email-Correspondence
2014 English for Human Resources
2015 English for Small Talk
2016 English on the Phone
2017 English for Accounting
2018 Technical English
2019 English for Negotiations
3010 English for the Automobile Industry
3011 English for the Marketing and Advertising Industry
3012 English for the Energy Industry
3013 English for Finance and Banking
3014 English for Customer Service
3015 English for the Information and Communication Technology
3016 Basic Legal English
Information
Target Group: jobholders with basic skills in the foreign language
Learning Objective: acquisition and advancement of English proficiency for successful communication in typical professional situations.
For appointments and other details, please direct your questions to TTS Reget.



