Consultation - 
Employer Voice
(UK)
Date published: 9 November 2009
Response due: 21 December 2009
Semta response submitted: 21 December 2009
Summary
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) is
undertaking a one year project which aims to maximise the impact of
the employer voice on the employment and skills system. To achieve
this, UKCES has conducted an initial phase of research to
understand, within the current system, where the employer voice is
effective, what can prevent the employer voice from having impact
and ultimately how employer leadership of the employment and skills
system can be improved. The project will result in recommendations
to governments across the UK in April 2010. They are at the
mid-point of the research and are keen to hear views on findings
from the research to date in order to influence their
recommendations. UKCES would particularly like responses to
the following questions:
- Have they captured the essence of the problems with the current
system – if not, what else should they consider?
- Are the guiding principles sufficient to strengthen the
employer voice and leadership of the system – if not, what else
should they consider?
- How would they ensure smooth transition from the existing
system into one that is driven by the guiding principles proposed
in this paper?
- How would they ensure that sectoral and spatial employer voice
mechanisms work together within the policy framework
described?
- Are there any other comments you wish to make or issues you
think they should consider?
Semta submitted a full response - see below.
Next steps
UKCES will take this work foward.
Documents and Links
Semta response
UKCES website
on the consultation
Consultation
document
Semta represents the views of our employers across government
and the media. If you are an employer in the science,
engineering, or manufacturing technology sectors we welcome your
views at policy@semta.org.uk
29 January 2010