(1) Employees sent by the employer to accredited study programs under the conditions of the law in technical vocational education, bachelor's degree or master's degree with reduced frequency are established a reduced working time, additional leave is granted, with the maintenance full or partial average salary, and other facilities, as established by the Government.

(1.1) Employees who, on their own initiative, have enrolled in accredited study programs under the law in technical vocational education, bachelor's degree or part-time master's degree are granted certain guarantees and compensations in the manner provided by the contract. collective or individual work.

(2) In the collective labor contract, in another normative act at unit level and in the collective agreements for the employees mentioned in paragraph (1), additional facilities may be provided at the expense of the means of the unit.

(1) Employees who study in doctoral and postdoctoral programs in higher education institutions or in organizations in the fields of research and innovation, accredited under the law, are granted guarantees and compensations in the manner provided by the collective agreement or individual contract for work.

(2) The employer and the employees' representatives may provide in the collective labor contract or in another normative act at unit level, from the unit's account, additional guarantees and compensations to those established by the normative acts in force.

(Repealed)

Employees studying in general secondary education institutions are established a reduced duration of working time, they are granted additional leave with the maintenance, total or partial, as the case may be, of the average salary, as well as other guarantees and compensations as established by the Government.

(1) The employees who combine work with studies are granted guarantees and compensations when obtaining, for the first time, the studies of the respective level.

(2) The annual leave may be attached to the additional holidays granted to the employees who combine work with studies, according to a written agreement between the employer and the employee.

(3) Employees who study at an educational institution in the second or third specialty (profession) may be granted certain guarantees and compensations in the manner provided by the collective or individual employment contract.