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I have been asked to go on a training course for work (first aid) over two Saturdays for six hours each time, but I won’t be paid. Can they do this?
I understand that you have been asked to go on a first aid training course for work, which will take place over two Saturdays. You have asked whether your employer can force you to do this.
Whether or not your employer can insist that you attend the training course depends on the terms of your contract of employment and you should check this in detail. Under normal circumstances, your contract of employment would set out the hours that you are required to work (your ‘normal working hours’) and would state that you will be paid for the hours that you work at an agreed rate. If the courses then fall outside of your agreed hours, you would not be obliged to attend.
However, your contract may state that your employer may require you to work extra hours and/or attend training courses (perhaps because this is a requirement for your job role) and that you will receive no additional remuneration for attending. If this is the case, then unfortunately your employer can require you to attend and you may face disciplinary action if you do not attend, especially if this is a job requirement. There may be an argument that the requirement to insist that you work on a Saturday is indirectly discriminatory on the grounds of sex if you are unable to attend due to childcare commitments. If this is the case, you should raise this with your employer and see if your attendance at the course can be rescheduled to a time when you are able to attend.
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Comments [11]
Jen Worth says:
Hi, I work in a Day Nursery, and I’ve been told by my management that I’ve got to do my first-aid course on a Saturday, when I queried about if I was going to be paid for this or if it was going down as extra hours their response was no because it is mandatory. I am contracted to work 31 hours a week and this is out of those contracted hours and there is nothing in my contract that says about having to do extra hours or anything on a Saturday so I just wondered if you could help me as I feel it’s wrong that they are not going to pay me and I’m having to give up one of my days off at the weekend to do this and not get paid to do it
Mandy Garner says:
Hi, Does your contract specify anything about training or additional training? If not and the course falls outside of your agreed hours, you could definitely query it and point this out.
Claire says:
My boss has asked me to do a first-aid course on a Saturday and a Sunday two week running I haven’t signed my contract and I am only contracted to work Mondays to Friday am I entitled to get paid for this or have they got to give me an extra holiday day
Mandy Garner says:
Does your contract mention anything about additional hours or occasional training outside hours, etc? If not, you should bring this up with your employer – see https://www.acas.org.uk/getting-paid-for-mandatory-training
Michelle says:
We’ve been ask to do a First Aid course in the shop I work in on a Sunday when it closes from 4-7 then on the Monday eve after hours again 5-8 and not get paid? Is this right?
Mandy Garner says:
What does your contract say about this?
Mark Frerichs says:
hi my daughter is a hairdresser with no contract, she gets paid commission and her boss has been making her come in on her days off for training without pay. my daughter told her this week she wasn’t doing this for no pay anymore and her boss fired her because she wasn’t a team player. we have the proof by the text that was sent back and forth.
Mandy Garner says:
If there is no contract, written or verbal, that specifies she has to come in for training then she would have the right to say no and she should consider claiming unfair dismissal if she meets the criteria – https://www.gov.uk/dismissal/unfair-and-constructive-dismissal. She should definitely have been paid for training – https://worksmart.org.uk/work-rights/training/employer-driven-training/if-my-employer-says-i-have-attend-training-outside-my
Dan says:
My wife is being made to do a training course on her day off without pay it is mandatory for her job. Should she be getting paid?
Mandy Garner says:
Hi, As it says here, you would need to check her contract and see if it allows for training outside mandatory hours.
Sammy Bremner says:
We work on a 7 day rota basis so do shift work. To improve our skills we have to get a student loan to pay for the training course plus my place if work says that I have to take the training days as my days off . Is this correct ?