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As an employing agency, you may request reimbursement for an employee's educational leave.

Educational leave is a legal entitlement of employees against their employer to participate in continuing education events. The prerequisite for this is that it is a training event that has been recognized by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Office for Health and Social Affairs in accordance with the Training Leave Act. If the requirements are met, the employee's salary will continue to be paid during participation in the recognized training event. The costs for the event, if necessary for accommodation and meals, are to be borne by the participant.

The state government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania provides a certain amount each year, which the employment offices receive upon application for the continued payment of their employees' wages and salaries for the period of the educational leave. The application for reimbursement must be submitted by the employment office to the competent authority within a preclusive period of eight weeks after the end of the training event. The legal entitlement to educational leave exists independently of any reimbursement of wages to the place of employment.

• the employee's employment relationship must have its main focus in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and have existed for at least six months
• the further education event must be recognized according to BfG M-V
• the claim for educational leave must be asserted at the place of employment at least eight weeks before the start of the event

The application is free of charge.

• Selection of a recognized educational event
• Registration with the educational institution
• Submitting the claim for educational leave to the employment office as early as possible, usually at least eight weeks before the start of the event
• Participation in the training event
• Present the confirmation of attendance to the employment office no later than one week after the end of the event
• The application for reimbursement must be submitted by the employment office to the State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGuS) on an official form within a cut-off period of eight weeks after the end of the event. The application form is available via the link below.

The request for reimbursement must be submitted by the employing agency to the responsible agency within a preclusive period of eight weeks after the end of the event.

The office responsible for processing applications in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the:

State Office for Health and Social Affairs Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mrs. Elke Weiß
Friedrich-Engels-Str. 47
19061 Schwerin

Tel. 0385-3991 510

E-mail: Elke.Weiss@lagus.mv-regierung.de