Military service and civil service
You are entitled to time off work for military service (conscription, i.e., military service), civil service, refresher training and supplementary service.
You must provide your employer with a statement of your assignment to military or civil service no later than two months before it begins or as soon as you yourself have been notified of the start of service. The document must include information about your assignment to service and when your service will begin. For example, you can take a copy of the document stating that you have been assigned to military or civil service and give it to your employer. You must provide this document to ensure that your employer has enough time to arrange a substitute for your work during your absence.
Your employer cannot terminate your employment due to the military or non-military service. The employment of employees enrolled to military or non-military service can only be terminated if the employer’s company shuts down its operations completely.
When your military or non-military service ends or if you discontinue your service, you must inform your employer no later than 14 days before that you are returning to work. You have the right to return to the same duties as before. If this is not possible, the employer must provide you with work that corresponds to your previous work to the extent possible. If this is not possible, you must be offered other work in accordance with your employment contract.
The employer does not have to allow you to work before 14 days have passed since you gave the employer your notification on returning to work. The employer and employee can agree differently on this together. You should notify your employer of your intent to return to work while you are still in military or civil service if you want to start work immediately after completing your service.
Refresher training and supplementary service
If you receive an order to attend reserve refresher training or supplementary civil service, notify your employer as soon as possible, no later than two months before the start of the refresher training or supplementary service. You are entitled to a leave of absence for the duration of the refresher training or supplementary service, and you may not be dismissed by your employer for attending them.
You will be paid reservist or supplementary service pay for the duration of the refresher training and supplementary service. Its impact on the wages paid by your employer depends on the collective agreement in your sector.