Working hours: Federal Court overturns compensation for headmaster's overtime
How much extra work is part of everyday teaching? An elementary school headmaster is fighting for compensation. The Federal Administrative Court has now made a decision.
Germany's Federal Administrative Court has ruled that teachers do not automatically qualify for financial compensation if they exceed their weekly working hours. The court in Leipzig decided that teachers must report excessive workload to their employer and tasks may need to be postponed. The case involved a primary school headmaster from Hannover who was awarded €31,435.59 in compensation by the Lüneburg Administrative Court for overtime worked, but the Federal Administrative Court overturned the decision.
The German Education and Science Union (GEW) said it will continue to fight for fair working time recording for Germany's 840,000 teachers.
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