The British Ministry of Labour and Pensions launched a pact in favour of training towards companies. Recommended in December 2006 by Lord Leitch (see our story 061233) in a report which had highlighted British employees' low qualification level, it aims at guaranteeing the less qualified employees access to training on their workplace. (Ref. 070563)
400 million pounds to encourage companies to train their less qualified employees. The companies which signed the Pact – the Skill’s Pledge – commit, in exchange for government financial support, to train their less qualified employees so that all of them master a minimum level of writing, reading and calculation. At the moment, 1.5 million workers have not reached this level of basic knowledge (level 2) expected from a 16-year old. There are also 4.6 million unskilled people in the United King
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