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The federal government's plan for paid training periods for employees is met with skepticism in medium-sized companies.
The medium-sized companies benefited from the further training in view of the acute shortage of skilled workers, said the managing director of the Federal Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses, Markus Jerger, to the newspapers of the Funke media group.
»A law that allows a training break of up to one year completely ignores operational reality.«
As long as the financing, the replacement for the absent employee and the question of returning to work have not been clarified, such a law cannot be made with medium-sized companies, added Jerger.
Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) announced a further training law on Monday, according to which employees can continue their training for a year in the future.
The prerequisite should be an agreement between employer and employee.
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