Personal commitment (a so-called social sabbatical) can be integrated into professional life in various ways. Either by saving overtime on a long-term account, changing a full-time position contractually to a part-time position, taking unpaid leave or applying for time off in periods of economic weakness.
Why to pay for voluntary work?
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