Flagship course
German Holiday Entitlement Studio
A structured path through statutory leave, contractual uplifts, carry-over language, and planning rituals for German workplaces.
Learning outcomes
- Separate statutory holiday floors from contractual grants in policy text.
- Calculate residual days for common full-time and part-time patterns.
- Draft carry-over notes that managers can explain without improvising.
- Build a leave calendar operating rhythm for one business year.
Modules
1. Map the leave landscape
Sources of entitlement, public holidays, and vocabulary traps.
2. Arithmetic without mystery
Worked sheets for joiners, leavers, and mid-year changes.
3. Carry-over and forfeiture framing
How to communicate timelines without overclaiming legal certainty.
4. Shift and part-time patterns
Reference weeks, averaging, and employee-facing explanations.
5. Planning cadences
Request windows, fairness rules, and escalation paths.
6. Manager dialogue lab
Role-play difficult refusals and documentation habits.
Instructor
Dr. Nora Feldmann designs employment education for people teams across Nordrhein-Westfalen. She previously led HR operations for a multi-site services group and now focuses on leave systems that managers can actually run.
Learners on this course
The Module 5 calendar template is pinned in our HR channel. I would have liked more night-shift examples in Module 4, but the office hours covered our case.
We rewrote our carry-over paragraph after Module 3. Tickets about “lost days” dropped the next January.
FAQ
Is this legal advice?
No. The Studio is educational. For disputes or binding interpretations, involve qualified legal counsel in Germany.
What is a real limitation of this course?
We do not cover sector-specific collective agreements in depth. If your leave is shaped by a detailed Tarifvertrag, treat our worksheets as a starting map and validate numbers with your specialist advisors.
How is pricing handled?
The €489 figure is informational. Seats are confirmed by invoice after a short enquiry — there is no checkout on this site.
Can multiple colleagues join?
Yes. Ask us about cohort bundles when you contact the studio.