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Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job

• Who can and cannot ask for time off to train

  Staff may have the right to ask for time off work for training or study.…

• Asking for time off

  Employees should follow their organisation’s rules to ask for time off. If…

• Employer's decision and responsibilities

  The employer has 28 days to: accept the request hold a meeting with the…

• Appealing the decision

  Employees have the right to appeal if their employer refuses a request to…

Find out more about the rules which exempt work-related training provided for employees from tax.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing training to employees

• Overview

  As an employer providing training expenses for your employees, you have…

• What's exempt

  You do not have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or pay…

• What to report and pay

  If training expenses are not exempt, you may have to report them to HM…

• Technical guidance

  The following guides contain more detailed information: employment income:…

Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace

Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support

• Updated: 3 March 2022

Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning

Research on how effective training and careers guidance for frontline or low skilled workers can increase their progression, pay and social mobility.

• Updated: 13 November 2020

• Updated: 22 June 2022

• Updated: 22 June 2022