Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Germany (Ratification: 1976)

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Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. Formulation and application of a policy to promote the granting of paid educational leave. The Committee notes that, in reply to the previous observations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) regarding the limited number of laws adopted by the Länder and the shortage of information on the amount of paid education leave granted, the Government provides a detailed overview of the application of the Convention as at August 2014, segregated by Land. For some Länder without a legislative framework for paid educational leave, the Government states that a list of recognized educational institutions is published on the website of the authorizing authority. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on how the policy to promote the granting of paid educational leave in regard to the attainment of each of the objectives set out in the Convention is formulated and applied in the country. It also requests the Government to provide information on how the arrangements of paid educational leave are granted by the Länder.

Application of the Convention in practice. With regard to the amount of paid education leave granted, the Government indicates that statistics are no longer available at the national level due to the fact that the Länder have almost all suspended the collection of such data. The Committee notes that, in some Länder with a legislative framework on paid educational leave, statistics are collected and submitted to the respective parliaments. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice in the country, including, for example, extracts from reports, studies and inquiries, and statistics on the number of workers granted paid educational leave.