Lehange

Lehange (ダルア, darua) is a type of employment contract utilized by commoners in the city of Ehrenfest. It is comparatively less restrictive than the leherl contract, but offers less long-term job security.

A lehange is a common worker in a shop and lowest among the full employees in the shop or workshop hierarchy. Most people in any shop or workshop are lehanges. Children, after baptism (age 7) and before coming of age (age 15), are normally signed on as apprentice lehages. Initially they only have to work every other day except on Earthday, which is always free. Only very few professions have to work on Earthdays, but those generally don't follow the regular lehange/leherl system, like soldiers or priests. Upon turning ten apprentices have to come to work all weekdays, again except for Earthday.

A lehange contract is normally only 3-4 years long, and after this period they can renew their contract or move to another shop or workshop.

Those who plan to open their own workshop in the future are better served to only form lehange contracts until they get their Beruf Certification since a lehange contract would bind them too closely to their place of work to leave without negative consequences for their careers.