40 Employer support for employee study and training
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (2009 c 22) | Legislation

Chapter 2
Study and Training

40  Employer support for employee study and training

(1)     The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c 18) is amended as follows.

(2)     After Part 6 (time off work) insert—

“Part 6A
Study and Training
63D Statutory right to make request in relation to study or training

(1)     A qualifying employee may make an application under this section to his or her employer.

(2)     An application under this section (a “section 63D application”) is an application that meets—

(a)     the conditions in subsections (3) to (5), and

(b)     any further conditions specified by the Secretary of State in regulations.

(3)     The application must be made for the purpose of enabling the employee to undertake study or training (or both) within subsection (4).

(4)     Study or training is within this subsection if its purpose is to improve—

(a)     the employee's effectiveness in the employer's business, and

(b)     the performance of the employer's business.

(5)     The application must state that it is an application under this section.

(6)     An employee is a qualifying employee for the purposes of this section if the employee—

(a)     satisfies any conditions about duration of employment specified by the Secretary of State in regulations,

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