Firm foundations? Contingent labour and employers' provision of training in the UK construction sector

摘要

Based on an original survey of the UK construction industry this article examines the training disadvantages faced by contingent labour. This article addresses two key questions: first, is the provision of training different for directly employed labour and different forms of contingent labour? Second, what structural and organisational factors shape the provision of training to different contingent labour forms? The article finds that fewer firms provide training for agency, self-employed and subcontract labour, compared to directly employed workers. Training for subcontract labour seems to reflect a longer-term perspective towards the use of this labour form, while decisions to train agency and self-employed labour appears to be driven by more short-term considerations.