Does my Employer Receive Funding for my Apprenticeship?

Author: Emma Jones

It is very unfair of your employer to be treating you this way as obviously you need to be working in order to complete your apprenticeship. It sounds like they have already been treating you badly by paying you late in the past and it is not something that you should have to put up with.

Yes, your employer is probably receiving funding for your training and if they are not passing this onto you then they will get into trouble. However, for now, you need to concentrate on your own needs and how you can stop your employer cutting off your work.

You have done everything that you can so far – providing verbal and written requests for your employer to contact you, but it sounds like you may need to take things further. As an apprentice, you are entitled to the same rights as any other employee of the company. This means that your employer has to provide you with the basic pay that is agreed in your contract and give you holiday and sick days, as they would a regular employee.

Because of this, they have to follow the same rules of employment. Therefore, they cannot just stop giving you work when they feel like it as they have a contractual agreement with you which can be enforced by law.

The first thing you need to do is to check your contract and see what the terms you agreed were – this will cover your pay, working hours and commitment. You should have a written statement of employment but if your employer never gave you one, you still have a verbal agreement from the moment that you accepted the employment.

Do you have a trade union representative or dispute rep at work? If so, try to contact them so they can sort things out directly with your employer. If not, then contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau or ACAS who will be able to help you liaise with your employer and try and sort the situation out. Hopefully, once your employer realizes you are not going to let it go, they will start acting responsibly and you will not need to take the matter any further.

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ksmum 30 Apr 2018

ny son was doing a mechanical apprenticeship and they let him go for being late even though he had had no proper meeting no warnings -theday it happened he had gone into work with a fractured hand and was taken into the office and told to go , he had nothing in writing -they gave no right to appeal paperwork . we got a solicitor to try to find out what had happened and why they hadn't followed procedures but they have not supplied any information . after the first letter sent from the solicitor they did offer his job back but he didnt want to go back as only 4 people in the garage and wasnt comfortable with the idea and felt they would get rid of him using the correct channels later. Is it correct that we cant take them to employment tribunal due to him only being an apprentice for 18 months. i have read conflicting information of 1 year and 2 year . thankyou

gouldy 25 Jun 2014

Is there any funding available for apprentices in regards to travel allowance ?

rennie 15 Jun 2014

I have just been offerd a apprentership for a compeny wanted to know where I could find a place to get funding to pay my employer

Sidney 6 Jan 2013

I run an animal rescue which is a registered charity (Prospect Ferret Rescue charity registration number 1143276). The number of animals now in my care has reached such a level that I need to take on someone to help. I would like to employ an animal care assistance who has just completed her NVQ Level 2 in Animal Care (with Distinction) and now wishes to embark on NVQ Level 3. I would be employing her for 30 hours a week at the National Minimum Wage of £6.19 an hr and would enable her to continue with her NVQ training. Would this arrangement meet the criteria for an apprenticeship? Could I receive any funding towards the cost of employment?

linz 17 Sep 2012

My daughter is doing hairdressing as an aprentice. Her boss made her redundant as he couldnt afford to keep her. I argued that what he had done was wrong. He then admitted that he was wrong and said he would take her back on but only as part time. Can he do that?? Her aprenticeship doesnt end till nxt yr . Shes been working fulltime since she started 3yrs ago but due to not being able to go to collage through works fault she fell behind but it was agreed to extend it til nxt yr.

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