A skilled and appropriately trained workforce is essential to organisational performance. Consequently, it is in the interests of organisations to ensure that employees have opportunities for training and development. Such opportunities will aid recruitment, retention and succession planning.
It is also in your interest to ensure that your skills and knowledge are as current and up to date as possible. This will not only help you to perform your job better, but will also increase your employability during uncertain times.
The current government is promoting the notion of lifelong learning to try and encourage individuals to accept that learning does not stop when we leave formal education, but actually continues throughout life. There is a continued need to update our skills and knowledge, as technology and working practices are constantly changing.
There is very limited legal support in the area of training and development.
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