Right to Request Time to Train activities for Employees

Training and development can help you as an employee to develop job specific and generic skills that support you to do your role more effectively and benefit the business more widely.

The right to request time to train provides a useful opportunity to think about your role and your training needs and talk to your line manager and learning representatives about training opportunities, You may not need to exercise the right in order to obtain training, so talking to your line manager and learning representative will help you decide the best way to take training forward. Specifically you may wish to:

• Find out about the right from your HR department, line manager or learning representative and how this fits with your company’s existing training policy.

• Think about your role and how training and development may support your current job, your future development and the business.

• Talk to your line manager and learning representative about the training opportunities and the difference training will make to you.

There may be specific activities in your organisation on the right to request time to train and training opportunities more generally. You can also find out more information about the right at:

www.direct.gov.uk/en/employment/employees/timeoffandholidays/DG_183635