The CIPD's Learning and Development Survey 2008 found that training
averages 5 days per person per year in both large and smaller businesses and that
the median training spend per employee is £300.
Use our guides to help you establish what kind of training and development activities
may best help your business!
The Education and Skills Bill has received Royal Assent. This will raise the
education and training age to 17 years by 2013 and to 18 years by 2015, but will
not force pupils to stay on at school as there will be a range of options for training
and learning alongside employment. The Act will require those who leave education
without achieving a certain level of qualification to participate in accredited training.
Employers will be required to allow these employees the equivalent of one day a
week off to undertake training (which may be accredited training provided by the
employer) and cannot employ such individuals if they have not made appropriate
training arrangements. This new requirement to train will not start to come into
force until 2013.
The above rights should not be confused with the proposal to give all employees
in England the right to request time off for skills training once they have worked for
their employer for 26 weeks and for the employer to consider such requests seriously.
This is expected to come into force earlier, in 2010.
The government has published a draft Apprenticeships Bill which
includes proposals to make schools provide information about apprenticeships,
and to ensure that there are sufficient places to meet demand. It also
proposes a national service to link potential apprentices with potential
employers.
We've recently reviewed our template training and development policy
and have added an appraisal preparation form to our template documents.
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