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	Learning & skills policy\|Equal High Road Project Government Policy Useful Statistics TUC Policy Skills Pledge Publications Transnational\| Subject Search term Advanced search We can alert you by email about anything new in your chosen subjects. Register your interests now.	Right to Request Time to Train The Government has announced that it will be introducing a new legal right for employees in England to request time to train from their employer and that this will be modelled on the existing right to request flexible working. The Prime Minister made the announcement on 14th May in a statement to the House of Commons setting out the Government's draft legislative programme for 2008/09. The TUC welcomed the announcement, saying that it could help millions improve their skills and boost productivity but that it will pose a real challenge to those employers who neglect training 21.5.2008 Download PDF file (89,379 bytes) PDF, or Portable Document Format preserves exactly the original appearance of the document, and can be viewed by anyone using a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free, or find out more about it on Adobe's website. Return to web page version. top of page Email this page to a colleague
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