The Saxon state parliament has paved the way for educational leave in the state. In future, employees will be able to take three days off per calendar year. Business associations and local authorities had campaigned against educational leave until the very end. In a roll-call vote, 65 MPs voted in favor of the motion, 50 against and three abstained.
The issue was put to the vote in the form of a popular motion
Saxony was the only federal state apart from Bavaria where the regulation did not yet apply. The bill was submitted as a popular motion, for which more than 55,000 signatures were collected. The motion was about five days of educational leave. An amendment by the CDU-SPD minority coalition reduced it to three days of paid leave. Officially, it is now called qualification time.
