The Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010

Form of decision notice

6.—(1) A notice under regulation 5 must—

(a) be in writing; and

(b) be dated.

(2) Where the employer’s decision is to agree the section 63D application, a notice under regulation 5 must—

(a) give the following details of the agreed study or training—

(i) the subject of the study or training;

(ii) where and when it will take place;

(iii) who will provide or supervise it; and

(iv) what qualification (if any) it will lead to; and

(b) make clear—

(i) whether any remuneration under the employee’s contract of employment will be paid for the time spent undertaking the agreed study or training;

(ii) any changes to the employee’s working hours in order to accommodate the agreed study or training; and

(iii) how any tuition fees or other direct costs of the agreed study or training will be met.

(3) Where the decision is to refuse the section 63D application, a notice under regulation 5 must—

(a) state which of the grounds for refusal specified in section 63F(7) of the 1996 Act are considered by the employer to apply;

(b) contain a sufficient explanation as to why those grounds apply; and

(c) set out the appeal procedure.

(4) Where the employer’s decision is to agree part of a section 63D application and refuse part of a section 63D application, a notice under regulation 5 must—

(a) make clear which part of the application is agreed to;

(b) make clear which part of the application is refused;

(c) give, in respect of the part which is agreed to, the information required under paragraph (2); and

(d) include, in respect of the part which is refused, the details required under paragraph (3).