Two teachers in Baden-Württemberg say they work significantly more than expected. The two teachers each recorded more than 2000 hours of work per year.
The Federal Labor Court decided in September 2022 that recording working hours was mandatory in Germany. In Lower Saxony, the State Audit Office recently criticized that the shortage of teachers in schools would be significantly smaller if teachers did not have to take on so many extra-curricular tasks. The long working hours are also one of the reasons why teachers are among the professional groups with the highest burnout rates.