Paid leave for qualification upgrading

Employees have the right to time off (official translation of the incentive in the Labour Code) to undertake training for professional development, being understood as the education necessary for the performance of job requirements stipulated by law or necessity. An employee has to receive an employer's permission to enter training leave. Professional development must be in the interest of the employer. The law stipulates minimum requirements, modifications in favour of the employee are subject to negotiation between employee and employer, or to collective agreements. The duration of the paid training leave depends on the objective of training leave (e.g. two days for participating and completing a test, thesis defenses entitle students to ten days' leave). The training leave can be paid or unpaid. Study time conflicting with work hours and examinations are paid, but entrance examinations, resits, and ceremonies are unpaid.