OPTION 2: ABOLISHING THE CITB LEVY AND REPLACING IT WITH THE WHOLE ECONOMY LEVY

摘要

If the new levy is rolled out across the economy, without special opt-outs for existing industry arrangements, the CITB could lose the income it receives from the sector's large companies. Deprived of this levy income, the weakened industry training body would be hard-pressed to survive. David Frise, chief executive of AISFPDC, remembers the chaos that ensued when M&E contractors pulled out of the CITB levy scheme in the early 2000s. "I've seen the damage that caused: training dropped off the cliff for a while and we are still suffering from that," he says. He fears the same upshot if the CITB is wound up. "There would inevitably be a period of chaos and uncertainty at a time when there is a massive skills shortage.