Στην Μ. Βρετανία, σύμφωνα με κυβερνητική απόφαση, οι αλυσίδες εστιατορίων McDonald's, μεταξύ άλλων, θα μπορούν να παρέχουν στους εργαζόμενους πιστοποιητικά εκπαίδευσης, αντίστοιχα των απολυτηρίων, τα οποία σύντομα μπορεί να οδηγούν στην ανώτατη εκπαίδευση ή σε μία τεχνική σχολή.
Εκτός από τα αμερικανικής προέλευσης ταχυφαγεία, αεροπορικές και σιδηροδρομικές εταιρείες θα έχουν πλέον τη δυνατότητα να παρέχουν εθνικώς αναγνωρισμένα πιστοποιητικά, βασισμένα στο πρόγραμμα εκπαίδευσης που παρέχουν στους εργαζομένους τους.
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Η αντίδραση του CIPD:
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφή28 January 2008
Government should provide tax relief on train to gain, says CIPD
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the governments renewed calls to expand apprenticeships in the UK, but is concerned that small/medium enterprises which provide the majority of apprenticeships lack the financial support they need.
The CIPD believes the government should
re-examine the tax agenda especially capital gains tax with a view to offering tax relief on train to gain schemes. It costs an employer thousands of pounds to take on an apprentice.
The CIPD also welcomes the government's
announcement for companies' such as McDonalds, Network Rail and Flybe to deliver in house training programmes equivalent to A Levels.
John McGurk, CIPD's Learning, Training and Development adviser said: "The CIPD is delighted the government is formally recognising high quality in house training programmes like those announced today. With an increasing number of UK organisations facing acute recruitment and skills shortages, many employers see in house training and apprenticeships as a better means of addressing these than externally provided courses.
"Training and qualifications are central to upskilling employees and improving productivity.
But any effort to increase skills has to be underpinned by good people management. The assumption is still that more training and qualifications automatically produces higher productivity. However skills development is much less effective if it is detached from people management practices such as job appraisal and reward.
"Organisations must also be aware skills training should be transferable to other roles and companies, allowing individuals to develop and contribute to the UK's knowledge economy ."