Paid employer surveys will encourage staff to extend their stage of schooling – LV portal

By providing to cowl research prices, the corporate invests in each staff and competitiveness, as the worker acquires further expertise required by a specific employer, and don’t impose a further administrative burden on them, in line with Līga Peiseniece, Head of the Banking College.

Ranging from January this yr, the worker’s research charges paid by the employer will not be topic to earnings tax, which may drastically encourage the usage of these alternatives to enhance the schooling stage of staff. work enhance.

“The 2 professionals who’ve reached the “glass ceiling” of their discipline, in addition to employers are more and more occupied with persevering with schooling alternatives, as applied sciences within the monetary discipline are always bettering, and what was discovered at college ten years in the past or extra can. it isn’t acceptable now,” mentioned the legislator.

The info of the survey carried out final yr by the consulting firm “Determine Baltic Advisory” exhibits that 38% of Latvian organizations supply paid educational or skilled research to their staff. As well as, solely 18% supply such alternatives to all staff, and 20% – to some staff, normally managers.

“We’re at present in a scenario the place studying, retraining and including to our information is extraordinarily vital for every particular person worker, in addition to the corporate and the economic system as an entire. We are going to by no means once more have a scenario the place a employee, after finishing his research, can spend the remainder of his life working with out studying new expertise,” says Anta Praņeviča, senior guide at ” Determine Baltic Advisory” believes.

Based on the forecasts of the World Financial Discussion board, by 2025, roughly 50% of the workforce will want retraining.

“Employers have an vital position in strengthening human capital. Everybody, together with the corporate itself, advantages by growing the abilities of staff, caring for the well being of staff, altering the work setting in line with the wants of staff. Somebody has mentioned – maintain your staff, and they’re going to transfer mountains for you,” says Oļegs Krasnopjorovs, Physician of Economics, Chief Economist of the Financial institution of Latvia, Affiliate Professor on the College of Latvia.

Anita Segliņa, head of HR at SEB banka, says that the financial institution locations nice emphasis on selling a studying tradition. Studying actions are carried out each by everybody and at a person stage or for colleagues in a particular structural unit.

“Every financial institution administration receives a specific amount per calendar yr for the event of the required skilled expertise, which staff can use individually, in settlement with their supervisor, or the entire group can go to varied skilled trainings, conferences, seminars and programs. All of it is dependent upon what sort of growth alternatives are wanted for the actual position or worker. Based on the wants, one of the best answer will likely be present in cooperation with a colleague from the Personnel Division,” says Segliņa.

She additionally says that in 2023, an SEB financial institution worker spent a median of 45 hours learning. As early because the thirteenth yr, staff with greater schooling can apply for a research scholarship paid by SEB banka for additional schooling. This yr, scholarships of as much as 2,000 euros for research will likely be awarded to 6 staff.

To obtain a research scholarship, the worker applies for the scholarship competitors, prepares a brief presentation about himself and the significance of his research. All shows are heard by the SEB administration group, who then resolve which candidates will obtain the scholarship.

“When this system was launched, the response was significantly good within the first years. The variety of functions elevated considerably with the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, there was a gradual curiosity on this program over time,” mentioned Anita Segliņa, head of HR at SEB banka.

Līga Peiseniece, Rector of Banking College, believes that by masking the examination charges for workers, it’s doable to maintain skills within the firm at a time when there’s a scarcity of certified staff within the labor market.