Response to Redundancy and Time to Train

The Yorkshire & Humber Response to Redundancy Service supports individuals aged 18+ who are under notice of redundancy (HR1), recently made redundant or those who are unemployed and could be ready for work if provided with the right skills to enter or re-enter sustainable employment.

The Employer Offer
Where the employer is dedicated to supporting skills activities for the employees who are working their redundancy period of, or are willing to extend the redundancy period to allow access to skills development activity to help the employee re-enter employment quickly. Employees will be offered a bespoke training programme that reflects the needs of the local labour market.

The package of support will typically be 2 - 8 weeks and is aimed at helping employees refresh their skills in a sector or begin retraining for a new one. Once they have benefited from the flexible skills provision, they will be given help to secure new employment and receive additional support for training once they have re-entered employment.

In addition to the training support for the employee, the business can apply for Time to Train which provides an allowance to “buy employee time” at minimum wage rates for 1 or 2 days per week.

The Offer

• Enables an employer to release employees for learning at no or minimal cost to the business
• In some circumstances, enables the employer to extend the notice period to allow the employee to complete their learning so that they are better placed to move into new employment
• The training allowance will be funded at minimum wage (£5.73 per hour or £43 per day) and paid to the company in arrears
• 20 days total allowance entitlement per learner

Who is eligible?

Business are eligible for Time to Train when their employees are placed under notice of redundancy or who are currently under consultation i.e. a HR1 has been issued or written confirmation from the business that redundancies are to be made.

For further information on eligibility and access to the fund contact our customer information centre on 08456 048 048 or info@businesslinkyorkshire.co.uk