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5 extra days of leave
On top of regular holiday — five working days per year in most states, or ten days over two years in others.
Gran Canaria · Educational leave
Educational leave on Gran Canaria: your break from stress
Use your legal right to paid further education. Five days by the Atlantic — recognised, funded, and tax-deductible.
The idea
Three reasons for educational leave
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Your employer pays your salary
Your salary continues during a recognised seminar. You invest time, not your livelihood.
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Tax deductible
Travel, accommodation, and seminar fees can often be claimed as income-related expenses — keep your receipts.
Next step
Check your entitlement
Choose your federal state to see deadlines, days, and specifics — including a clear warning if no law applies.
Federal states
Where does educational leave apply?
Select your federal state. Bavaria and Saxony have no educational-leave law — you will see a clear warning there.
- BWLawBaden-Württemberg5 days per year
- BYNo lawBavariaNo statutory entitlement
- BELawBerlin10 days every 2 years
- BBLawBrandenburg10 days every 2 years
- HBLawBremen10 days every 2 years
- HHLawHamburg10 days every 2 years
- HELawHesse5 days per year
- MVLawMecklenburg-Western Pomerania5 days per year
- NILawLower Saxony5 days per year
- NRWLawNorth Rhine-Westphalia5 days per year
- RPLawRhineland-Palatinate10 days every 2 years
- SLLawSaarland6 days per year
- SNNo lawSaxonyNo statutory entitlement
- STLawSaxony-Anhalt5 days per year
- SHLawSchleswig-Holstein5 days per year
- THLawThuringia5 days per year
How to apply
Step by step to educational leave
In your federal state the application is due 6 weeks before the start.
Check your entitlement
Confirm whether your federal state has an educational-leave law and whether you have completed the required waiting period with your employer.
Choose a recognised course
Select a seminar recognised in your federal state — for example a retreat on Gran Canaria.
6 weeks before
Apply to your employer
Submit the written application in time before the seminar starts — six weeks in most states.
Wait for release from work
Your employer reviews the request. Refusal is only possible in narrow statutory exceptions.
Seminar week
Attend the seminar
You attend the seminar days. Your salary continues — and the break from stress begins.
Afterwards
Submit the certificate of attendance
After the course, submit the certificate to your employer and keep it for your tax return.