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Employee Training Rights 2011

The 2011 XpertHR benchmarking survey of employee training rights looks at the impact of the recently-introduced employee right to make requests in relation to training and examines how employers deal with requests for help with learning. The survey is based on responses from 87 organisations with a combined workforce of 158,853 employees.

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Survey:	Employee Training Rights 2011	Date: 25-05-2011
Source:	XpertHR Surveys	More about this Survey

Survey questions

Do you have a process in place through which employees can make requests for training or study?

How can employees make training or study requests?

What is your organisation’s approach to funding training for individuals that have requested assistance?

How do you approach granting time off for training requests?

Has the right to make training requests affected training provision or training processes?

How has the right to make training requests affected training provision or training processes?

Have any employees made requests in relation to study or training using the statutory process introduced in April 2010?

What percentage of statutory requests relating to study or training have been granted?

What percentage of statutory study or training requests that have been granted involved some compromise?

What reasons were given to employees for turning down statutory study or training requests?

Have any employees made appeals or claims relating to statutory study or training requests?

Have any employees made an appeal after requests for training or study were refused?

Have any employees brought tribunal claims regarding responses to study or training requests?

What types of training requests have employees made since April 2010?

Have you granted any statutory requests relating to study or training?

Have you granted any requests for the organisation to pay for external study or training?

Have you granted any requests for the organisation to organise in-house training involving costs?

Have you granted any requests for the organisation to organise cost-free in-house training?

Have you granted any requests for time off to attend a one-off, one-day course or seminar?

Have you granted any requests for time off to attend a one-off course or seminar lasting more than a day?

Have you granted any requests for time off to attend ongoing training involving regular time off work?

Which areas of learning have been covered by requests granted by the organisation since April 2010?

Have you received any training requests that are for an employee's personal gain only?

Have you granted any training requests that are for an employee's personal gain only?

Would you consider granting any training requests that are for an employee's personal gain only?

What are your views on the right for employees to make a request in relation to study or training?

Do you agree with this statement? "The legislation relating to requests to study or train is a valuable way to extend learning to more employees and should apply to organisations with fewer than 250 employees."

Do you agree with this statement? "The legislation relating to requests to study or train is irrelevant for most organisations."

Do you agree with this statement? "The legislation relating to requests to study or train has had a positive effect on learning and development at our organisation."

Do you agree with this statement? "The legislation relating to requests to study or train is a major burden for employers creating extra admin and cost."

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