Right to make a request in relation to study or training

New and updated

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  Employment law guide

  Time off work

  Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.

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  Employment law guide

  Scotland: training

  This guide sets out the differences between the law on training in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).

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  Interactive flowcharts

  Training: Respond to a statutory request in relation to study or training

  Use this training flowchart to deal with a request in relation to study or training made under the statutory procedure.

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  Employment law guide

  Training obligations

  Updated to reflect that terms relating to training must be included in the written statement of employment particulars, effective from 6 April 2020.

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  Letters and forms

  Form for employee to submit request in relation to study or training

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

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  Tasks

  Confirm that an employee's statutory request in relation to study or training has been "withdrawn"

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  Tasks

  Advise an employee on the qualifying criteria for the right to make a request in relation to study or training

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  Tasks

  Inform an employee who has submitted a statutory request in relation to study or training of their ineligibility to do so

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  Tasks

  Rearrange a meeting to discuss a statutory request in relation to study or training

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  Tasks

  Hold a meeting to discuss a statutory request in relation to study or training