§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what requirements will be placed on youth training and employment training providers by TECs and LECs in respect of disciplinary and grievance procedures for non-employed trainees, what will be the role of the regional office of the Training Agency; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarWhen TECs and LECs take over the delivery of training programmes they will be required to determine and establish the grievance and disciplinary procedures applying to non-employed trainees. It will be the role of the Training Agency to establish effective contractual arrangements with TECs and LECs, including the establishment of grievance and disciplinary procedures.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what guidance he will issue on how youth training and employment training non-employed trainees will have any disciplinary and grievance procedures explained to them during their period of induction and on the role of trade unions or other representatives in taking up individual cases; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NichollsUnder existing guidance, providers of youth training and employment training are required to have a written code of practice setting out the disciplinary and grievance procedures for trainees. These procedures, together with any relevant agreements with trade unions, should be explained to trainees during the induction process.
After exhaustion of normal local procedures, trainees may refer their grievances to officials of the Training Agency and also, in the case of YT trainees, to the careers service.