Employment law

[Marysmum28]

I am a care worker and have just discovered that I will not be paid for all the lovely courses ive been sent on recently .
I assume that my employer isnt legally obliged to pay me for training but what I want to know is am I legally obliged to undertake the training without pay!?
Thanks in advance, for any info given .

[Memore]

If your employer has put you on those courses on days you normally work then they should pay you - also if they want you to go on days you do not normally work and it is at their request they should pay you or give you the time off in lieu. It depends if the training is essential to your job and their are legal implications for them if you dont do it?

[Marysmum28]

I work nights (as I have a school age child and need to be around to take and pick her up from school) - so any course during the day is already difficult to fit in let alone for no bloomin pay!
I guess what you ask is half of my question. Even if a course is essential by law, surely if it is your time you are giving, and you don't earn a salary just a min hourly rate.. then you should be paid. But I just don't know ?

[Memore]

I think a training course in the day would be regarded as work and should be paid I amwondering if they want to avoid that as it would be a breach of the working time directive for you not to have an 11 hour break between end of your night shift and the start of the course in the day.

[pink-kittens]

If the training course is necessary for your job then I see no reason why you shouldn't be paid

Many of these courses the employer is paid for the employee to go anyway, and quite considerably more than the employee would be paid per hour to work.

Ask your employer why you don't get paid?