The TUC has made a detailed submission to the Department for Education and Skills/Learning and Skills Council Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment consultation. It says the TUC supports the approach within the government’s skills strategy to focus on the low skilled as the main priority for government funding.
The submission says in particular the government’s Skills for Life Strategy is key for supporting equality through ‘redistribution to the low paid and low skilled, as well as in respect of particular groups including women, people from black and minority ethnic communities and disabled people, who are more likely to be low skilled.’
It adds that the recognition within the consultation of the positive role of unions and Union Learning Representatives in promoting equality in skills is particularly welcome. The submission raises a number of concerns, including a move to give employers greater power over the learning and skills system, which TUC says could undermine efforts to boost equality.
For more details, please see: TUC Submission to Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment.
