The government announced several measures last week to make life easier for small business. Among these was “not extending the right to request time off to train for firms with less than 250 people”.
As most construction companies employ fewer than 250 people, the union said, most construction workers “will no longer even have the right to request training”.
A Ucatt spokesperson, said: “The announcement has very serious implications for the construction industry. As the industry recovers from recession there are genuine concerns that fatalities and injuries will increase. If companies make short-term knee-jerk decisions and high levels of safety training is not provided to new entrants, those dangers will increase.”
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