Employee rights to time off for training

From April 6th 2010 employees will have the right to ask their boss for time off work for training. According to a poll commissioned by unionlearn, over two-fifths of employees say they would be likely to do so. This includes a third of employees who say that they currently receive no training.

The government has estimated that up to a million workers may get new training opportunities, in the next three years, as a result. Click here for the full story from FE News: Time for training