28 March 2026
UK employers provide less training than international counterparts
L&WI’s latest report, supported by the Nuffield Foundation, shows that UK employers provide less training for staff than international counterparts, and more of it is compliance focused.
This overreliance on mandatory and compliance training is at the expense of training focused on more in-depth upskilling which is needed for jobs as they evolve in future.
More than half of UK training last a single day or less, the highest proportion of short-term training in the OECD. Staff in UK organisations also said they had less than an hour a month of training, under half the level reported in countries such as South Korea and Switzerland.
With the future of the economy looking increasingly dynamic, it is critical that workers receive training that enables them to meet the skills needs of future jobs. The report concludes that UK employers’ ‘tick-box’ approach to training risks impacting industry opportunities to adapt and boost productivity.
Read more about the L&WI report on employer training.
This overreliance on mandatory and compliance training is at the expense of training focused on more in-depth upskilling which is needed for jobs as they evolve in future.
More than half of UK training last a single day or less, the highest proportion of short-term training in the OECD. Staff in UK organisations also said they had less than an hour a month of training, under half the level reported in countries such as South Korea and Switzerland.
With the future of the economy looking increasingly dynamic, it is critical that workers receive training that enables them to meet the skills needs of future jobs. The report concludes that UK employers’ ‘tick-box’ approach to training risks impacting industry opportunities to adapt and boost productivity.
Read more about the L&WI report on employer training.
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