Right to train - Cabinet Office announcement

Millions of workers set to benefit from right to request time to train

Denham launches consultation on how new entitlement will work, challenging employers who offer no staff training
The details of how up to 22 million workers in England will be able to use a new legal right to request time to train were outlined today by John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
Publishing a consultation into how the new right will work, Mr Denham said he expected around 300,000 people a year to receive skills training who otherwise would not as a result of legislation which could be in place by 2010, subject to its passage through Parliament.
One third of employers do not train their staff and eight million employees receive no kind of training at all every year. Ministers believe a legal right to request time to train will help ensure that training is taken seriously by all employers.