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Time off for Training
Under the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, the right to request time off to undertake training, modelled on the right to request flexible working, is to be introduced. Employers will be obliged to consider seriously requests that they receive, but will be able to refuse a request where there is a good business reason for doing so. Employers will not be obliged to meet the salary or training costs to enable a request for time off to train to be met. The Government intends to introduce the right to time off to train for employees with 26 weeks' service in organisations with 250 or more employees in April 2010, with the legislation being extended to cover all employees from April 2011 at the earliest.