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Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Staff may have the right to ask for time off work for training or study.…
Employees should follow their organisation’s rules to ask for time off. If…
The employer has 28 days to: accept the request hold a meeting with the…
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.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing training to employees
As an employer providing training expenses for your employees, you have…
You do not have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or pay…
If training expenses are not exempt, you may have to report them to HM…
The following guides contain more detailed information: employment income:…
Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning
Find out about agricultural workers' pay and working conditions, labour laws, and health and safety laws.
The 2006 Leitch Review of Skills recommended the creation of a new integrated employment and skills service.
Find training courses for your apprentices.
Back to work programmes to help Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance claimants move nearer to, or into, work.
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
Information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works.
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