'Low-skilled' label for UK workers unfair, says CBI

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BRITISH workers are wrongly branded as low-skilled because training undertaken at work is not recognised, the Confederation of British Industry believes.

The CBI is urging the government to reform the qualifications framework and give more recognition to high quality training given to staff. It believes firms should have the same power to award q...

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