Many employers allow their employees to take a sabbatical.
Popular periods are, for example, three, six or twelve months.
It is not a matter of course that you can take a longer break from work.
Because of course you have to calculate beforehand whether you can afford it.
In addition, there is no legal entitlement to a sabbatical or a longer break in employment law, as the portal
Karrierbibel.de
informs.
"Only civil servants and employees in the public sector are entitled to it." Above all, teachers, police officers and employees of the financial administration would make use of it regularly.
"The regulations sometimes vary from state to state."
Sabbatical: A complete break from working life
Nevertheless, many companies offer their employees the opportunity to apply for a sabbatical for up to one year.
Or translated into German, a “sabbatical year”.
The experts from
Karrierebibel.de
explain how it is handled by many employers.
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Many want to treat themselves to a career break – one possibility is a sabbatical.
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Time out from work: How long does a sabbatical last?
According to the article, the most popular duration for a sabbatical is a full year.
The sabbatical is usually a “working time model for longer special leave”.
The three most common models are:
three months – “short sabbatical”
six months – “Half Sabbatical”
twelve months – “sabbatical year”
Whether and for how long the employer allows its employees to take a sabbatical can vary greatly.
According to Karrierebibel.de
, such a sabbatical can “usually” only be taken after three years of service with the company.
Several companies may also deviate from this.
Sabbatical: Three possible financing models
"There are three financing models so that you can continue to receive a kind of salary during the sabbatical," explains
Karrierbibel.d
e.
For all of them, the release phase is preceded by “a longer savings and work phase”:
Partial salary waiver in advance
accumulation of overtime
Unpaid special leave / time off
The first two models would be offered by most companies, the article said.
"Advantage: The subsequent sabbatical is paid for, the social security from the employer also continues." A part-time model is also conceivable in some companies: Part-time employment is agreed before the start of the sabbatical.
However, the employee continues to work full-time for the lower salary, writes the portal.
In this way, money is saved (“savings phase”), but the retained wages are paid out later with the sabbatical year (“release phase”).
The prerequisite for this model is “that employees have been employed for at least six months and that the company has more than 15 employees.
That’s what the part-time law wants.”
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Job break: How often can I take a sabbatical?
The question of how often you can apply for a sabbatical also depends on what agreement the employer is willing to make in each individual case.
Because there are no legal regulations on this, one can “basically take a sabbatical several times in one’s professional life,” the article says.
However, the employer may have to agree each time.
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