Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

[MerlinGremlin]

Just wondering what everyone else thinks about more and more companies making employees pay for training course required to carry out there jobs properly. Or the other instance is companies making employees carry out tasks that they haven't had sufficient training in and not complying with the current standards?

 

[porterelec]

Its a little of a sticky situation. If the company are Just Incompetent Bast**ds then yes they should provide funding or training to keep you up to date and also to allow career progression within reason. If they arent JIB then its really down to the individual company. There is of course a competency issue and various provision under EAW, H&S 1974, CDM 2015 and what ever requirements an organization they are a member of and their specific rules. If you feel you are not competent to carry out your work duties due to regulation changes since you began your employment then you should raise the issue with the management in a record-able and audit able format

 

[desperado]

Just wondering what everyone else thinks about more and more companies making employees pay for training course required to carry out there jobs properly. Or the other instance is companies making employees carry out tasks that they haven't had sufficient training in and not complying with the current standards?

when it comes to testing i believe it should be carried out by independant body not the contractor too many times i have seen the contractor saking the testers on site becouse they did not like the readings or comments made and yes all trainning should be made and payed by the contracters

 

[ryan1988]

I use to work for a company that never really put anyone through training unfortunately. As someone mentioned it was more cost effective for them to ask for someone who posses the qualifications they were looking for rather then train their staff.

But I believe of you are a employee PAYE etc it should be your employers responsibility to keep you up to date such as when the 18th regs take over, however if they provide you with training it's not unreasonable for them to ask you to remain loyal with them for a set length of time as they have invested in you.

 

[Diddy]

Regs, IPAF, H&S passports, compex ect ect.....I would say AFTER you have completed an apprenticeship (Or equivalent training) then employers should be paying for the above courses for any directly employed worker. Unfortunately the way of the world is now that lots of people "think" they are self employed (There really not) and therefor also fall into the line of well i must pay for my own courses ect. We now have a generation of workers who look at you as if you are mad if you dare suggest that an employer may be somehow responsible for his/her employee.