On 12th November 2009 the Government’s proposals regarding training and apprenticeships received Royal Assent. One of the provisions of the Act, is to allow employees to have the right to request time off for training. This new right will be introduced in April 2010. However there is to be a one year exemption for small businesses (a firm employing fewer than 250 employees). The new right is a right to request time to train, not a right to insist on time off; there is no statutory right to remuneration for the time spent training.
Further details are to be published by the Government in due course.
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