Agreement on training leave or reduced hours for training (Austria)
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The agreement between employer and employee on Weiterbildungszeit or Weiterbildungsteilzeit — the AMS's names for full release and reduced hours for training, by statute the educational leave (Bildungskarenz, § 11 of the Austrian Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act, AVRAG) and educational part-time (Bildungsteilzeit, § 11a AVRAG) as reformed for 2026: start and end, hours, current education level, the training and its aim. It takes effect only if the AMS grants the training allowance (Weiterbildungsbeihilfe), to which there is no right. The allowance itself is claimed from the AMS, online or at the regional office. In German.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Employer
- Employer's registered address
- Employer's company register number (FN) and register court (if registered)
- Person signing for the employer
- Employee
- Employee's academic degree (if any)
- Date of birth
- Employee's address
- Full release for training (Weiterbildungszeit) or reduced hours (Weiterbildungsteilzeit)
- Period from
- Period to
- Current working hours
- Requested working hours
- Preferred spread of the hours over the week
- Current level of education (highest qualification)
- Aim of the training (e.g. the qualification to be gained)
- Training: name, provider, hours per week
- Further terms agreed (or “none”)
- City
- Date
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Common questions
- What happened to educational leave (Bildungskarenz) in Austria?
- It still exists, under new rules. Since 2026 employer and employee agree on educational leave (Bildungskarenz, § 11 AVRAG) or educational part-time (Bildungsteilzeit, § 11a AVRAG), which the AMS calls Weiterbildungszeit and Weiterbildungsteilzeit. The old Weiterbildungsgeld no longer exists for new cases; the AMS training allowance (Weiterbildungsbeihilfe, § 37e AMSG) has replaced it. That allowance is funding from a limited budget, not a right, so this agreement takes effect only once the AMS grants it. Templates still offering educational leave with Weiterbildungsgeld are out of date.
- What conditions and deadlines apply to the training allowance in Austria?
- According to the AMS, the employment must have lasted twelve months without a break immediately before the start. Weiterbildungszeit lasts two to twelve months, Weiterbildungsteilzeit four months to two years, with hours cut by 25 to 50 %. You apply to the AMS, online or at the regional office, no earlier than three months before the start. If your gross monthly pay reaches or exceeds half the maximum contribution base (2026: €3,465), the employer pays 15 % of the allowance; if it is lower, the AMS requires careers guidance (Bildungsberatung) first for Weiterbildungszeit.
- Must the employer agree to Weiterbildungszeit in Austria?
- Yes. Weiterbildungszeit and Weiterbildungsteilzeit rest on an agreement; there is no right to them. The agreement states your current education level, the training and its aim, and for reduced hours also the hours and their pattern. Both sign, by hand or with a qualified electronic signature. When it ends, you return to your previous terms.
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