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

• Updated: 30 December 2019

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…

Information about how industry placements for T Levels work and how employers can get involved.

• Updated: 4 September 2020

Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members

Back to work programmes to help Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance claimants move nearer to, or into, work.

• Updated: 10 March 2025

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing training to employees

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

Information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works.

• Updated: 7 August 2024

Find out about agricultural workers' pay and working conditions, labour laws, and health and safety laws.

• Updated: 20 November 2015

How trailblazer groups work to support the development of occupational standards for apprenticeships.

• Updated: 2 June 2025