Leherl

Leherls are those who are either shop or workshop managers, or children being trained to become managers. A leherl contract is 8 years long and is usually signed at ten years of age for children who are to begin their training. Leherls are a step above lehanges in the shop or workshop hierarchy.

It is very common for merchant leherls to start living in a room above their workplace at the age of ten. Unlike live-in apprentices who have to live in the worst rooms at the top of the buildings, leherls are usually give good rooms further down at a discount.

A leherl contract binds the signer very tightly to the store and only exceptional circumstances allow one to quit such a position without significantly negative effects on their career and reputation. Thus those who plan to open a store or workshop of their own in the future are generally better advised to only form lehange contracts until they can get their Beruf Certification