courses

[rsian6]

need to know whether my employer pays for the course that i need to do for health and hygiene. i only work 16 hrs, been there nearly 2 yrs but now i get told i have to do course aand i pay for it

[davidicus]

Good employers normally pay to put their staff through training as it is of benefit to their business. Approach them again, perhaps a 50-50 arrangement could be arrived at.

[xrayspecs]

If doing the course is a prerequisit of employment. i.e you can't do your job without it then your employer should pick up the tab. If your employer won't pay then tell them you won't do the course.

If you've been there two years your employer can't very well claim that the course is vital to your continued employment, in which case tell them to either pay or shove it. As it's unlikely to be in your contract of employment (a document your employer has a legal duty to supply you with within 13 weeks of starting work). If they sack you you have a case for unfair dismissal.

It would also be interesting for you to discover the true cost of the training and suggest to your employers that if you are to fund the course yourself YOU decide who does the training. If you are having to foot the bill he can't very well object other wise he is guilty of restrictive practice.

[stanleyman]

Much the same as exrayspecs but any course essential to carry out your work has to be paid for by the business and completed in your work time, otherwise you don't have to do or pay for it. Part time is no different.

If the course required is connected in anyway with Health and Safety then under Section 9 of The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 the employer cannot charge you for anything to do with H&S requirements.

H&S Sec. 9. Quote: No employer shall charge any employee in respect of anything done or provided to meet health and safety requirements.

It is only where you are to benefit from a non essential course of your choice such as increased qualifications for promotion prospects that you would be expected to pay and not even then if the business is also benefiting by it and it was done in your own time as a 50/50.