Apprentice
Lifelong learning benefits both the employer and the employee by making a more productive employee. The biggest disadvantage of lifelong learning is the cost to the employer.
A person learning a trade is an apprentice.
The unpaid vacation time is due the employee upon termination because the employee has earned it. Depends upon the policy of the company. In the US vacation time does not have to be paid upon leaving. Some companies do, others don't. Some places may have laws regarding the payment.
One word that has come to mean "unpaid workers" is "furloughed". It means that the employee is still recognized as a worker but is not being paid at that time.
Employers can NEVER compel unpaid time. All work time is paid.
An employee on FMLA leave is EMPLOYED and on the payroll. The leave may ne paid or unpaid, as the employee wishes, and paychecks come as often as other payroll employees.
why ie employee consultation a necessary process when determining learning needs and addressing change
No mine. My suspensions specify that the employee is unpaid until I say different. Since management reserves the right to approve / disapprove vacation, we will not approve a vacation request until we decide the employee deserves it.
Learning how to trade can be a benefit by learning the value of what you have and what others are offering. It is also good if there is a major catastrophe because you learn resource fullness.
employees called off a strike and go to court to save the job and funds.
A trader
most likely not, but it depends on who the employer is and what their standards are for allotting vacation credits